As long as I can remember, the CDN has featured a run-down of grading services like PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG, and then others which are much lesser...
With both PCGS and NGC running around $25 for their "regular" and "early bird" services respectively and $15 or so for their economy services...
A dealer at a show the other day mentioned Walter Breen and what happened to him in his last years. It seems his greatest work in authoring books...
http://teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=3254&lot=1726#n This coin has already been through one auction and I was thinking of bidding the...
I decided to drive over to the show today as a shop owner friend said it was "better than Baltimore". I can tell you that is not true, but it was...
I owned one of these over 10 years ago: http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=1241&lot=1982 Also:...
https://www.littletoncoin.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Display|10001|10001|-1||LearnNav|Famous-Hoards.html They list here a number of famous...
I have often wondered about the models for various coins. I was a little surprized about speculation with regard to the model for the Bust half...
I got 20 Eisenhower dollars at our coin club auction earlier in the week. I have been spending them, yesterday I gave the lady who changed my...
Here is my idea, let me know what you think. A large coin company decides to support the price of MS63 NGC/PCGS certifed Morgan dollars at a...
Article today on Lew Rockwell on the topic: http://lewrockwell.com/pennington/pennington29.1.html I was looking through some of my 1/10 gold...
I have a H10c that came back from PCGS as "environmental damage"--AU details. How do I determine if this coin can be conserved? It is a nice...
There is an article in the current online version of Coin World on "Certified Assets Management" and another company being detained at the...
A fellow walked into a high-end coin shop recently with a $10 early gold coin, a 1799 $10. Process was as follows: Clerk examines the coin,...
Let's say law enforcement was getting records of pawn and coin shops of modern bullion coins they were buying. Is there any way to tie stolen...
http://www.numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=2715 I think this is the guy with the moustache who runs "The Forecaster"...
I have submitted some coins to auction companies that take over two months to get graded and placed in auction. What would be the maximum amount...
I spoke with a number of dealers who specialize in bullion buys/sells at the Baltimore show. Provident Metals was there, apparently the top buyer...
I picked up a couple nice commems today, including a nice Bridgeport and a 1921 Pilgrim commemorative. I paid full Greysheet on it, it was that...
Think back to when you first started collecting coins. What did you find most weird about the hobby, or others that were collecting or talking...
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