I think the 10 Langbord coins became public knowledge in 2005, whereas the auction of the one coin took place in 2002. I might be off by a bit on...
You "knew" incorrectly. At the time the coin was auctioned, the buyer didn't know there were others, even though the numismatic community strongly...
Yes, others were seized decades ago. The bottom line is that the coins might have left the mint legally, with or without some shenanigans being...
Actually, to make a statement like the above, sounds like something a "dummy" would say. There are plenty of dealers who would pay "fair value"....
Numismatic experts who have consulted archives and are familiar with mint/cashier policies of those times have stated that it was entirely...
Even if he and others suspected such, the owner of the Fenton coin didn't KNOW there were others out there at the time of that transaction - the...
There is no actual proof that they left the mint illegally - why don't you think they should be legal to own?
Assuming that no more than another one or two surface. I would guess an average price/value of about $2,000,000 each. I would also guess that...
The imaged coin looks like a cleaned, lightly circulated business strike example to me.
A cache of "other post-1928 $20s - reknowned for high mintage, low survival" could surface, but there have been no similar representations made...
I have never seen die polish lines of the type/extent you described on a 1936 Proof Buffalo nickel, and I have seen a lot of them over the years....
Generally speaking, graysheet prices are for sight-seen and bluesheet are for sight-unseen transactions.
Here is a link to NGC's services and charges: http://www.ngccoin.com/services/services.asp
I didn't even see an AU58 colum in the PCGS price guide for that coin. But I did see an AU55 colum at over $400, so in my opinion, that guide is...
A certified common date AU58 $5 Liberty is currently worth in the low $300 range. So an uncertified one should be worth roughly $300. An estimate...
Sotheby's and Stacks (not Heritage) jointly sold the other example. And my understanding is that the government was a half owner, as per the...
I disagree about the timing of the market downturn - I believe it began approximately during the summer of 2007, at least for the areas that I...
Doug, I'd be shocked if I said that. I can imagine having said 5 years ago, but not 15. I confess though, that my memory is far from perfect.
I've seen some very good images with Coolpix cameras, though I don't know what type of settings were used. Does it have a macro feature?
Aside from the fact that many of us think grading tightened up BEFORE the market started dropping about a year and a half ago.... Hardly any of...
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