[ATTACH] True!
As far as I can remember it was pretty much the same as a kid in the 60's and 70's. Collecting was often about filling the holes that nobody else...
With all the "in slab" AT, slabbed counterfeits etc, what are we as collectors to do? They are even counterfeiting CC GSA's now. The TPG...
I'll pay in advance for the book! I have heard, and I think it was mentioned in this thread, that people can actually AT coins in slabs? I know...
Give both coins to SuperDave, he can fix them. He can put em' in his paint shaker and you can post both of them tomorrow on Ebay.:D
Even more so if you picked it up for melt!
Put it in your pocket and in a decade or two you will have a REAL coin.;)
If you check Ebay in 'Completed Listing' you will find recent examples of 1881s PCGS MS66 coins selling in the $225 range. A little research on...
The way some here view Lowball collectors (Morons and Idiots) is how 99% of the population view coin collectors as a whole.
Condition, Rarity and Demand, Lowball coins have all three. I guess people really don't like the fact that a P01 Morgan can, price wise, blow the...
Kind of my thoughts too. With the way technology is progressing; positive ID with Iris Scans at airports from 10 feet away with a moving person,...
A few titanium coin tubes and you're set!
Very well stated. I have no problem with dipped coins. My point is that I do ponder the future possibility, as knowledge and technology...
It's a lot of fun. Knowing nothing about coins I had bought beat up Morgan's as bullion only to find a couple of legit P01's years later. I've...
I think SuperDave answered that above, 3rd post.
'Pocket Pieces,' even if you start in low grades can take many years or decades. I have been carrying around three Morgans in my pocket just for...
I was working on a Walking Liberty grading set the other day and had a very worn coin that I thought was pushing the P01 range. I went to PCGS...
I'll Second That!!
You guys are great!
My grand kids 30 years from now, "So wait, your saying that back in the olden days people used to dip their coins in ACID?........ Your kidding,...
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