I did not. I have never been one to buy "a pig in a poke". That said, once I could look at the coins and make my own decision, I bought many of them.
No it isn't. It's actually quite simple. Almost everybody ignores the opinions of others when making a buying choice on just about everything and...
Yeah, they can be. Before TPG grading standards changed a MS60 or MS61 pretty much always looked like they came in 8th in an ax fight. The...
It can. And in point of fact, toning does not always follow the "standard progression". It's actually quite common for toning to not follow...
The problem is the people sorting the coins for the GSA did not know how to grade coins. This resulted in coins that actually were uncirculated...
What's Better: Undergraded OGH/CAC or Higher-Graded Modern Holder ? The answer really depends on WHY you're buying the coin ! Since the origin...
All I can say is I've told you how to get exactly the information you want. But, it requires work and effort on your part and it's up to you to do...
No, it's a CT problem. Peter is aware of it and trying to fix it.
My point was that we've had people watching this forum, and all others, for as long as they have existed. And of course they still do.
Use xylene on copper. Follow the same instructions I've posted in this thread for acetone -...
Yeah, these exist, but they don't have prices. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Those printed pop reports were published every month for many years. If...
When Peter posted that, he was talking about why CT was down on Mon. Not exactly. I was blaming the intermittent slow downs that all website...
We're gonna have to agree to disagree. The process you're describing didn't start until the late 90's.
You can choose whatever word you want. But it is a simple fact that we have people here who are CT members from the entire alphabet soup of govt....
Well that article is talking about Pillar Dollars, struck at the Spanish Colonial mints. And the very first Pillar Dollar wasn't struck until...
The coins in the annual Mint Sets, including all the Souvenir Sets from every year, were taken from regular business strike runs every year until...
Actually it was the French who introduced milled coins first in 1643.
Kinda makes ya wonder doesn't it. Which is gonna happen first ? :D Me get to 50k ? Messages: 49,898 Or, everybody else get to 4 million ?...
Nahhhh - that was all designed to help cut down on the problem - didn't work :D
Uhhhh guys, that's Franz Joseph I of Austria. And he's on lots and lots of coins and medals. Like these - [IMG]...
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