There is a perception that many have that PCGS is better. Thus you sometimes see PCGS coins selling for more, which feeds an ugly cycle of...
Some sellers do that all the time. They sell hundreds of coins, usually fake Trade dollars or some such, and say "I know nothing about coins so...
I think any new service faces an uphill but not insurmountable battle in gaining acceptance and credibility. The best way they can gain...
Yes, this is a very good idea. I always store coin pictures locally after I've bought the item; I feel it's important to make sure that the item...
I like #3 also. I was born in Nebraska (though we left before I was a year old), and I guess I need to be true to my Indian ancestry (1/4 Shawnee).
And now they are blaming the victims. Here's the latest eBay has added to that thread: The more vigilant our Community is, the more likely...
Like the one someone reported on another board not long ago. In the coin's description of an NTC (or something like that) graded coin: 19xx...
Toned coins aren't considered "damaged" in the eyes of most collectors and dealers if the toning is considered to be "natural"; that is, a gradual...
I'm usually looking for fairly specific things, but I pay close attention to the ones where there is a vague title, or which were placed in the...
Yes, generally. First reverse -- 8 tail feathers (8TF). Second reverse -- 7TF, reverse of 1878. Third reverse -- 7TF, reverse of 1879.
I'm wary of paying any premium for toned coins, period. Yes, I can appreciate beautiful natural toning as much as the next guy, but there are too...
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[EDITED TO ADD:] Buying on eBay is a legitimate supplement to an overall collection-building process, but there's still no substitute for...
While harder to find than they used to be, you can still occasionally find good coins at a pretty decent price on eBay. It often takes a lot of...
True, but in this case, it's more region-specific than that. If it were just a matter of faking the most popular coins, in Asia they'd be faking...
Actually, there were three times as many of the more vauable variety minted! A lot of people saved the 1883 nickels when they were first...
There's at least one guy on eBay I'm aware of who sells several of these each week -- and no amount of reporting the auction seems to get them...
Well, there's no picture of the reverse, but it looks to be at least AU. Whether it's any better than that or not is hard to say with what we...
This is all good stuff. I've actually never been to an ANA yet. And wouldn't you know it? Until May of last year, I lived in San Jose for...
In this case, I might ask for a crossover in the current holder; here's why. As Jody mentioned, Trade dollars are VERY heavily counterfeited,...
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