An elderly coin dealer and former coin shop owner has an ad in the current CDN, a Mr. Sol Lewanda on the second to last page. He lists some Morgan...
I was quite impressed with David Bowers' book on $20 double eagles. I also checked out Mike Fuljens/Doug Winters' book on Type II and III double...
Spectrum, Heritage and Rarcoa have for a while been the strongest buyers in US type gold. For a while two of the three were either quite...
One of the big coin wholesalers is asking both collectors/investors and dealers whether they have a license as coin dealers. This is a new one on...
I was just looking over the ethical guidelines of the North American Collectibles Association. They are stated as follows: NACA Code of...
A local fellow offered to sell me a gold "stater" coin for a little over gold melt. He already offered to a local shop owner who was not...
With grading fees ranging from around $12 for bulk submissions to $600 and more for ultra-rarities at PCGS and similar charges at NGC, submitters...
Notable ads here in Connecticut are "Good Ole Toms" and "Super Jewelers". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iEfZvkbDg0 Although the ads were not...
I am looking for the age of a specific certified coin. Does anyone have a relevant link? If I called NGC or PCGS I am not sure they would...
I was trying to ship something via UPS and could not locate NGCs address for non-po box mail. Does anyone know what it is? NGC does not have it...
http://www.apmex.com/Category/1229/apmexsilver.aspx?utm_source=HomePage&utm_medium=FlashBanner&utm_campaign=05162011FracSilver_2 I'm impressed...
This article at NGC's site involves an 1870-CC $10 piece that had previously been certified by NGC as an XF-40 "holed". An expert filled the hole,...
http://www.teletrade.com/consign/raw_coin_submission_form.pdf For those who have submitted raw coins to Teletrade, what has been your experience...
I'm always impressed by the positive language of the CDN. As Cramer says there is always a bull market somewhere, and the CDN editor looks for a...
I recently picked up a nice $20 Liberty in an old PCGS MS60 holder. I showed it to a few dealers at the show who agreed it was PQ for grade or as...
Was interested to know how Apmex and other major buyers of bullion hedge their risk? Clearly, with them operating on tight buy/sell spreads, they...
I don't know how common this is. I see that "Upstate Coins" has a lot of prices posted on their site that they will not honor. Try placing an...
Was at the Westchester Coin Show over the weekend. Good show, Albany, the previous weekend was very busy for the few hours that they run it on...
I have been collecting the series of proof silver eagles. I see Apmex just raised their sell price. What are these worth realistically on a...
The Saturday Evening Post has an article this month about "the new" gold rush. It mentions the first one in North Carolina, notably when in 1799...
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