I like the intent within your reply, however it doesn't address head-on the question of whether coins are a bad investment (compared with other...
Following are new arrivals at www.toughcoins .com : 10c 1858-S PCGS VF30 PQ $5.00 1883 AU /...
Many years ago I won an 1869-S H10c in a teletrade auction, received it while away from home, and couldn't return it because my return privilege...
Mike, a coin's value depends on more than how it grades. How much the look of a coin pleases it prospective owner, or how well it matches the...
With our economy on the rebound, or so some would have us believe, I'm trying to understand the current market dynamic better. Who out there is...
I agree . . . there must be some self-serving purpose behind selecting a background that the coin blends into, rather than one contrasting with it...
I think you should visit your local coin shops, let them know what your goal is, and see if they'll let you paw through their 90% silver for a...
Nice job . . . hit two of the three dead on, and missed the third by only one point.
Judging from the obverse only, cleaned, UNC details.
How do you know that the giver could even afford to part with whatever it took to acquire the coin in the first place? Shouldn't emphasis...
What's to worry about? Neither PCGS nor NGC determines market pricing . . . CDN doesn't either . . . We do. All that price guides do is...
Consider your question carefully . . . if you require that the 100 AU58 coins all returned from the same submission, I think you can rest assured...
I'm still a believer that standards have not changed. To this day, we all still see many submissions come back very conservatively graded. If we...
The coin looks fully enough struck that it would not be on a planchet other than intended for a quarter.
Not ugly, but not beautiful either. Just plain old nice and original.
Oops . . . In reference to my earlier post in which I broke the forum rules, I'm still learning, but posting correctly should have been common...
Apparently I was high on the $1G . . . edited - forum rules - Mike
Very curious background. Evidently, the coin is balanced on a polished metal cylinder . . . either stainless steel, as previously mentioned, or...
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