[ATTACH] Some might pass this coin by because of the dark bands, but it is a great teaching tool. Black is terminal toning or tarnish. But it is...
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A VAM 53, unfortunately the most common VAM for the series. But in my book a lot of style points http://www.1881o.com/81846107_62_53.html
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[ATTACH] Interesting coin with some cyan and yellow toning under the russet toning. Completely speculative, but we think toned in two events....
No argument, we just see it differently. I see a lot of posts on this web site from what I consider pure collectors who focus on the coin and its...
I did not say they did not track them all, only that the PCGS3000 is an investors index and actually proved my point not disproved it. As to...
Dang my PC logged me out and I lost my reply, but here goes again! If my other post shows up it will be similar, but not identical. You are...
I think this is true only if you are looking for short term profits. What the data showed is that for the normal collector things worked out....
While I think there is some relationship with metal prices, it seems to play more with gold that silver because of the high intrinsic value of...
Over the past months there have been a lot of posts here and on VAMworld about the prices of coins. It seems that there are many who believe the...
I believe in court you would have to prove actual loss which would be cost minus reimbursed. Then take out attorney fees and your time and you are...
Queen Victoria would be proud
There is also the danger that down the road you would have to have them assayed to prove purity. If I were a scammer like Bernie Madoff this is...
I generally try not to look at the markets other than just a short term curiosity. At my age I am buying for the long haul and try to buy through...
I am not a person who normally rides the market prices or recommends buying fractional gold, but this just might be the time and place. This...
Keep it up and a great find. If you ever become a lowball collector part of the fun is trying to find VAMs that are a low as possible. The Hot...
Well knowing that we will have a house full of grandchildren in just a few hours we went ahead and posted our July update to the 1881-O web site....
I tried the Canadian Mint to get our grandchildren started in collecting because they have a number of interesting and collectible things for...
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