I suppose that if anyone proposes solutions, they're being negative. You like to claim that Americans are a bunch of complainers who don't offer...
To each his own, but I won't buy anything seized by the feds or by any level of "law enforcement". To me it's receiving stolen property,...
Hey, what a great idea! Let's get a chemist to invent a solution you could dip your coins in to see if they've been dipped........no, wait a...
Our form of government is not democracy. There is no referendum, only elections every two years. The Constitution doesn't mention the word...
I can't agree with that. Almost nobody knows what is wrong and most don't have clue what's being said when someone mentions what's wrong. You've...
Check your private messages at the top of the screen. I sent you the phone # of one of the better world coin dealers in the eastern US. He takes...
"wasn't George Washinton the President of the First Continential Congress before being elected Commander or something of the Continential Army at...
Yes, I agree that coins are a better idea. Of course, when inflation is the rule politicians like the convenience of paper money which can be...
That method would be bad for silver coins, but gold coins are unaffected by the acid byproducts of PVC deterioration. Gold is not a reactive...
I trade in the late empire Roman stuff from time to time and 16th century silver denars from Hungary and Serbia. Ancient Celtic strikes are also...
Nick, do you send out a flashlist by email or have an online catalog elsewhere but ebay? I buy every week, but won't feed ebay.
Actually, George Washington wasn't the first president. He was simply the first president elected after the ratification of the US Constitution....
Slabbing coins has the possibly unintended side effect of turning the art of grading into science. The biggest benefit of this trend is to...
If they're going to continue to honor Massa Abe on the penny, maybe they'll get honest and make the reverse of one a rendering of a betrayed...
Good post, Bill. I think the eagle is a beauty, too. The reason for the one dollar denomination is mainly for propaganda value. Their...
My opinion is that some of the fascination with the new low value (and soon to be absolutely worthless) pot metal coinage is being drummed up by...
Notre Dame has some info on collections which may be helpful: http://www.coins.nd.edu/
Credit cards aren't ruining the hobby. The pot metal coins the mint is producing now may well cause some very negative changes in the hobby, but...
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