I’m generating a set of coin trivia questions, and to restrict potentially correct answers, a few definitions are needed. The definitions below...
Just finished reading “The United States Trade Dollar” by John Willem. I think this is the only book devoted exclusively to the trade dollar. It...
The momentum effect in economics usually refers to price of a security continuing in the direction it has been recently changing ... up or down....
Sticks and snails and .... No, no. It's reasonably certain that PCGS and NGC slabs are acrylic (polymethacrylate). PCGS stated a while back...
Mint hasn't announced price yet, but if you get one, it will worth several times what you paid the next day. With only 1945 produced, only a...
Everyone knows Fort Knox holds tons of gold bars. It is also the home of the ten Langbord 1933 double eagles, the 1974-D aluminum cent, and...
To lead off: pics of my Pan Pac gold dollar. PCGS MS63. Foggy areas in pics are due to an etched slab. I'll get it a new suit someday. :)...
I hear and see this all the time and find it irritating. If it's better, why don't you send it in for a regrade or at least to CAC? As a dealer,...
Supposedly when CAC awards a green sticker, it means the coin is solid for the grade disregarding any plus or star that might be present. In...
I think coin prices at auctions, all on-line (including phone, mail, fax) now, have held up well during the pandemic. And there are likely to be...
Many of us are old enough to remember when $1 silver certificates were a common type of dollar bill ... as opposed to federal reserve notes, which...
Anyone who has much experience with coin photos realizes that photographic technique, especially lighting, is crucial to coin appearance and...
Just got an email from them. They may reopen April 15. During the closure, they will not accept packages not already enroute nor ship packages....
Never occurred to me before, but slabs can be sanitized more easily than coins themselves. Yeah, coins can be dipped in 70% isopropanol without...
Heritage has two types of auctions: weekly internet auctions and Signature auctions. Signature auctions are usually held in conjunction with...
I've looked at lots of PCGS-slabbed coins and only last week noticed that recently issued slabs are lettered on the edge of the narrow end nearest...
I ordered off eBay; nothing expensive. Package had tracking. About 1.5 hours after receiving the "delivered" email, went to mailbox and package...
Happy New Year! :playful: OK, no looking in the Redbook until you've made your best guesses! A few rules: a. If a mint produced more than one...
Anyone have experience with NGC or PCGS Stage Coach BU Morgans? I'm assuming they're common date and would grade near the bottom of MS. But how...
I think gradeflation by TPGs over the decades is real in the sense that for many series, the percentage of coins in higher grades has increased....
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