What may they find out exactly that they do not wish to be true?
What reason is it do you think they failed? Overwhelmed by how many there actually were? Or was it by getting obsessed with quantity they stopped...
If you wanted to think about it this way, then I would say it depends on the probability I believe I have of upgrading. If I have a 20% chance of...
I'd also be interested in obtaining said copy.
Fair enough. Realistically I was trying to figure out just "how rare" something really was. With coins that there are only total population...
To be honest, complete and wild guess. No facts behind it whatsoever. What do you mean by high? Think I'm discounting too many or too few?
I am going to use the term bottleneck grades. That is grades that are right below a major threshold in price. Typically these are grades such as...
This raises an interesting point. Can there be a form of arbitrage when buying/selling coins? Buying rare cents from a silver dollar specializing...
NGC & PCGS, to name a couple, have population reports on their site for different grades. My question is this: how accurate are those? This...
I do not purchase coins with issues for just this reason. If I cannot afford a problem-free example, I cannot afford that coin. I also imagine...
Now the thread is getting to the numbers like I originally intended. 10% and under sounds fair and reasonable to me (referring to higher end...
That's great! I'm an Eagle myself and still actively involved in my troop although now as now on the committee (I have no children, yet). Coin...
I do not agree with your logic, but it may be because I have a hard time understanding. 1) You do not want it to risk getting damage from...
I don't think I could agree more with any aspect or point of this post. It answers all of my questions very well and straightforward which is what...
This was exactly the purpose of my original question. I am getting a strong feeling from reading a lot of the previous posts that comments that...
Since silver has gotten rare to find in change nowadays, I love finding proofs! They are always damaged or heavily marked, but a fun find none the...
I greatly appreciate all the advise and links. It will take me some time to go through it all, but I am looking forward to it.
Great post Tom B. I appreciate that you took the time to touch on the many different directions this thread was going. I also like the examples...
I whole-heartedly agree with your entire post. As I stated above, I paid for a college education and earn a higher wage with it. If I spend my...
This is exactly what I am trying to get at!
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