Yes, but you, I and others here are experienced collectors and we've learned this. The fact that people still buy "uncirculated" Morgans for...
You're right there. My wife and I are very careful -- almost paranoid, but not quite -- about security, but stuff happens. Last Sunday morning...
Glad to hear it. I just bought three sets of the premier holders (60 holder total) for my Flying Eagle and Indian cent collection. Right now...
It's really good you're asking this. Too many people just start scrubbing and using abrasives when they don't know if (a) it will help the market...
Plus, Cris is becoming like that Ken guy on Jeopardy. Don't let him win again. :D
Dang -- an 1877, even. I don't care about the condition -- that you even found it was totally cool. It looks authentic, with the shape of the...
This sounds like phishing to me. Do you still have this e-mail or ones before it purportedly sent by eBay? Did it contain a link to a web site...
I can't tell from the small scan and the lack of light, but from just what I can see, I'd vote for AU-50, maybe AU-53. To confirm that, you'd...
Buyers and sellers would have to learn how to interpolate! "Let's see...MS-64.673246...that's a little more than 2/3 of the way from 64 to...
Even if it were possible to use technology to consistently apply the same *technical* grade to a coin -- and at some point, it could be -- it...
No, I just procrastinated.
It might not help people whe don't actually *go* to the seminars, but the ANA does have many training seminars in person in their Summer Seminars,...
Agreed. And the funny thing is, at least to me, a high quality AU specimen is much more desirable than an MS-60 in most cases. Whether or not...
Welcome to the hobby! I'd recommend a few things before you start buying coins. First, I'd learn how to grade and learn where to find some of...
Here: http://www.cointalk.org/showpost.php?p=13022&postcount=4
I actually took three or four of these courses about three years ago. I kinda got sidetracked on it all.
Tough call. As I stated in another thread, I'm leaning toward dusting off my wallet and buying an XF/AU 1877 Indian cent to complete my...
Well, to me the modern MS-68/69 craze, paying hundreds of dollars for premium examples of exceedingly common coins, is an example of the Greater...
Yes -- I just pulled mine out of the safe and inspected them. They do, indeed, have an incuse mint mark ("P" on the proof coin and "D" on the...
That they even have to educate the public about this is testimony to how old and stale our money has become, and why regular design changes are a...
Separate names with a comma.
