With HA in particular it’s not just the buyer’s fee. The shipping charges are much higher than eBay and GC, as it is my understanding that they...
I’ve bought slabbed coins on eBay auctions that had recently sold on Heritage in the same slab.
I’m still waiting for an NCLT Beanie Baby. Not sure if it would be considered a coin or currency though. Seriously, I don’t understand this...
Whether or not coin collecting is an addiction, a coin collection certainly has a lot more resale value than a bunch of empty liquor bottles....
What about NCLT then? Case in point, I remember reading about people in the U.K. buying large denomination silver coins with a credit card to get...
I know I’ve seen the x cancelled modern dies somewhere. Pretty neat, but the Carson City die would surpass most everything in coolness.
I agree that this is complicated. It may help to add an exclusion for things shaped like everyday objects that haven’t historically been used as a...
I would recommend buying a certified note in an EBay, Heritage or Great Collections auction. It’s a common enough note that you shouldn’t need a...
I also remember reading back in the 80’s that Mexican 1 peso coins were deliberately made to be the same size and weight as a US quarter so that...
Soviet 15 kopek pieces were also used in pay phones. When I was studying in Moscow in 1993, when the ruble was trading at over 1000 per dollar,...
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The capsules I’m referring to are government issue for foreign coins. I’m wondering whether a freshly bought microfiber cloth would leave behind...
I have a number of coins in hard plastic capsules that have lint and other evidence of handling. I would like to give them an acetone bath while...
How do we really know how archaic words were pronounced prior to the advent of recording technology? However, it is probably safe to say that...
I especially like the railroad bond. It’s a really interesting piece of history. The Nikolaev Railroad is the Moscow-St. Petersburg line which...
The seated and trade dollars in your photo look like they may straight grade which would make them very desirable in the long term. Both are hard...
I’ve bought coins on eBay that previously sold on Heritage for less, the same or just a bit more. Not years previously, but within a few weeks or...
This has been my experience, although I haven’t typically seen my coins resold on eBay. I’ve noticed a business name on the buyer’s shipping...
Whatever it cost, I would rather put the money toward a real Athenian tetradrachm.
Why would that matter?
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