I'm glad you passed, Michael. I was really worried there for a while. And with high honors! Mom must be proud. I It's fine that this is...
I think we need to define our terms. The above is the definition of "technical grade." But a coin's "market grade" involves a lot more than just...
GDJMSP, good point about NCS. When it first launched, NGC, PCGS, and other put out a brochure about it. But you're right. It's a separate entity....
I have two pieces that would probably qualify as coin art. I don't hang them but use them as paperweights. They're 3-inch coin replicas from...
I'll second that, about the ANA library. If you like learning about coins rather than just acquiring them, you should read about them, and the ANA...
One way to go is to put your coins in safety flips and to put the safety flips in 2x2 coin boxes. Don't use regular flips -- the plasticizers in...
You can buy a really nice gold coin for this amount, say, an Indian Head half eagle ($5 gold piece) in AU. These are very attractive and...
You think? I'm not a big fan of colored coins, but this one seems nice enough. I like the gradation of pastels in the background. My...
Anybody want to take a shot at the most imitated coins of all time? I'm not talking about counterfeits, but rather official coins whose design...
I collect ancients, most Greek coins. Why don't you post the coins you want to sell on eBay? That will reach the largest number of potential...
Here's the latest version of this, with lots new stuff. Additions, corrections welcomed... How to Avoid Getting Cheated on eBay Online...
None of the grading companies are perfect. They're all guilty of being less than consistent in their grading and somewhat capricious, and with all...
You seem to lump all the grading services together when there are significant differences between them.
Well, I wasn't talking just about ACG but about pro-consumer issues in general. There's very little of this in coin publications. It's mostly...
Coin publications typically have columnists, but many are very reluctant to publish pro-consumer articles or columns for fear of angering...
My interest in counterfeits, replicas, and other copies of coins led to the online discussions, sometimes heated, about them, in...
This is an inaccurate way to describe those whose collecting practices differ from you own. Some people like collecting replicas, other don't, but...
Stupidity? Seriously, maybe this guy, after seeing a lot of coins in ACG slabs, though to himself, "Well, if they can get lots of grading fees for...
Thanks. I put them up last time with a reserve and bidding was under what it cost to have the coins slabbed. People don't like reserves for...
RCC is no different from any other of the tens of thousands of unmoderated Usenet news groups (discussion groups). You'll find friendly useful...
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