I voted for 63. Should make that pretty easily.
"VAM" is short hand for "Van Allen and Mallis" who have written one of the definitive works on Morgan dollar varieties. When someone refers to...
Shipping is $8.85 to Houston using Priority. That means five bucks is being pocketed.
Probably worse than losing a dime but not as bad as losing a quarter.
One interesting thing is that Halperin comes across as someone who doesn't have much of a personal interest in coins -- it's all business -- and...
Back atcha! We're not doing much this year. We went to California for Thanksgiving (where I lived almost my whole life) to spend with family;...
That's $22 for 250 coins, or just under 9 cents a coin. You can often buy wheaties from dealers in bulk for less than 5 cents each (often about...
What they care about is not angering specific states and "dishonoring" old, dead presidents, and that means maintaining the status quo. This...
Thanks. It's something I've often thought about. I mean, you see enough well-work Walkers and VF early Franklins that you can tell these coins...
It's really interesting. The half used to be a workhorse of the economy; a century ago they were to commerce roughly what the $20 bill is to us...
Perhaps true in terms of recent attempts to defraud collectors; I don't know. But I do suspect there was quite a bit of contemporary...
It depends. For one thing, they can work with copyright holders when necessary. Of course, with what they have listed here so far, published...
Right -- with Walkers the short set is usually 1941-1947. There's also a "long short set" or "medium set" that goes from 1934-1947.
A lot of folks think prices usually spike in December and soften in the 2-3 months starting the new year. Having said that, *personally* (and...
Agreed with the others. With a 94.6% rating and private feedback, I'd be inclined not to deal with them, too. Though I suspect most of the...
Agreed. It's *never* excusable to send anything that could arrive postage due. This is someone who just puts a stamp on a package and drops it...
Personally I think ICG is every bit the equal of the other "majors" for all but the uber-graded modern coins. A classic ICG AU-50 is every bit as...
That can be pretty bad -- but just factor this into your bid. If the most you'll pay for a coin is $50 and the shipping charge is $2, then bid...
I don't think anyone was calling ICG "low tier." It's just that crackouts would go to PCGS and NGC presumably. ICG overgrades a lot of...
It is rather disheartening to see the mismarketing of coins through these ridiculously liberal grading services (that's liberal in the coin...
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