I recently took a coin I'd bought that was labeled DDO to my LCS dealer and asked him to check it for me. He looked at it and said it was a...
I recently found an old pocket size notebook that I had back some 50 years ago, with some jokes I'd picked up written in it. One, written in...
My mother retired from the post office and she would bring home stories about workers who seemed like they were just there to collect their...
Did you buy them used? I looked at Amazon and both were going for over $100.
I'll take it into consideration. I have that site bookmarked, but I may be somewhere and not have internet access.
I recently came across what I think is a great value. I have been thinking about getting the Cherrypicker's Guide, both volumes. I know the...
I take it you have experience with that? Did you send a coin in that you had cleaned?
Okay I see the scratches on the obverse, especially on the chin. But I also see the clean area around the two stars to the right of the year,...
Why wasn't the dirt removed if it was cleaned? Doesn't seem like a very good job. The dirt l see makes me think it wasn't. So explain that.
Considering that you can't read the motto, I would have passed on it. But then I prefer that because it's the first time that motto was put on a...
I only buy coins I can see in hand. When I go to a coin auction I pick up the sheet listing the coins for sale. I then write the prices of coins...
And how are you seeing that?
Wow, I remember the 64! I started with the VIC-20, and only got a 64 when a programmer needed to sell hos to pay his tax bill. For awhile I was...
In other words you look for a dirty coin? I would think no dirt or grime on the devices or the fields would be a sign of a nice coin, but i...
When you find info on how to spot a cleaned coin, please share it with us. I am probably the only one here who can't spot the cleaning on this...
I feel so old-fashion! I'm still running Windows Vista! And using a laptop I bought in 2008!
You should have gone to Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. Dig all you want, keep what you find. I understand one person financed his...
Actually, if I did find out later that a coin I bought was a fake, I'd probably taken is as a lesson learned and the money spent as tuition to the...
That is a point. Who guarantees the coins are authentic? The people the auction house got them from? The ability to spot fakes is what is...
I recently got a mailer for a local auction that has about 1,100 coins, among other things like stuffed deer heads and a six foot tall rooster....
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