No, because not all collectors are primarily buying with this intent. I have never paid more than $1200 for a coin precisely because I do not...
My opinion is a many collect the FDR (silver) dime, though I have no direct evidence of it except the TPG population reports. The reason the...
At this point in time, I'd say the survival rate for the satin finish cents approaches 100% since it has been less than 10 years since striking...
My opinion also. I consider this coin one of the most overpriced on the planet. It's possible a relatively high proportion are also owned by...
Happened to me once, a few months ago. I won a 1757 Peru pillar real and instead received a 1941 New Zealand PCGS MS-65 penny. The auction firm...
Your opinion is also mine. My further opinion is that these "key" dates were the result of a communication limitation where it used to be...
There are posters on PCGS who I understand are attorneys and have read in detail, though I cannot confirm they read every single word as you did....
I didn't mean to claim he didn't have an opinion on which side was right. What I am saying is that I believe he knows the facts at the time as...
I don't find the Universal Rarity Scale meaningful. There is too much granularity. In the pre-internet age, it might have been useful but today,...
Well, I guess you won't want to deal with about half of the collectors on the NGC and PCGS coin forums because that seems to be about the...
Once again, I agree with you.
If it is an AU and I believed it would receive a numerical grade, I still wouldn't submit it. I would rather spend the money on other coins.
Agree. I have heard Australia called the "lucky country" for its economic and other advantages. The same applies to their numismatic market. In...
It depends upon the series and sometimes also on the specific coin. A recent prior post here stated they prefer coins the way it should be...
My comments were more longer term. I suspect there many buyers of the more expensive coins are actually buying above their real financial...
Totally agree. To me, the real problem is not "accurate" grading but the widening gap between the prior prices and the incomes of the collector...
I have noticed the PCGS population reports are higher than NGC. The reason I mentioned Noble Numismatics is because they have a large number of...
TPG is almost exclusively a US centric practice. The revised NGC population report provides an easy view to evaluate how prevalent it is...
What both you and the post to which you responded are predominantly describing is the characteristic of a weak market. Though I agree that buyers...
I have a book on the history of the Hospitallers and the Knights of Malta but have only read parts of it. I have on occasion also seen good...
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