So far I won the coin I really wanted. 1682-PS, Austria (Salzburg) Taler. Struck to commemorate the 1100th year of the Bishopric. PCGS MS64....
This coin is from the Italian State of Savoy, minted in 1726. I believe it features Vittorio Amedeo II. It was minted in this shape. I have this...
I am a seller that uses "independent insurance" and I'm not sure why this should bother you. I use it based on cost and convenience. You - the...
It was a way for the mint to reduce its metals stockpiles. The program was originally supposed to end when the stockpile was exhausted, but...
A single matte proof was reported, but I don't know if its whereabouts is currently known. Likely a presentation piece for John Sinnock.
Because the slab provides ease of saleability, insurance for the purchaser, and the ability to convey the grade to a person who only sees the coin...
If you order yours today, they will not ship it until Dec 15th. However, people who ordered earlier have theirs in hand.
I think the people at ICG have enough common sense to know not to do drastic things like what happened at ANACS. With a little better marketing...
Few people pay Heritage the 10% commission. In many cases the consignor gets more than the hammer price. Example, the coin hammers for $10,000....
From sealed BOXES, yes. One box of (25) 1966 SMS contained almost all doubled die obverse Kennedy halves. Another had several without the FG...
It's fine. It's an older style holder.
If you're going to buy "sealed" sets, buy them by the box. You can find sealed boxes of sets where the original mailing tape is still sealing the...
I'm not a dealer. I just buy and sell on eBay. Lots of high grade foreign. I've also been doing bulk grading (100+ of the same coin) to get the...
I agree 100%. Which is why most of my submissions go to NGC. But, what do I know. I only submitted a few thousand coins this year.
I count 6 graded by ANACS and tey are all Net Graded - meaning they are problem coins, but uncirculated. Any unc coin with aproblem will be graded...
Don't forget to factor in the added costs of multiple resubmissions to get the correct grade.
It looks like dip residue.
Actually, I'm focusing on full taler coins and I usually shy away from the samller denominations, but the look of this one just blew me away. This...
The latest cool addition to my collection: It's a 1632 Austrian 1/4 Taler minted in Hall. It's bigger than a US quarter, but smaller than a half....
You're assuming the coin was real. A lot of older books contain coin varieties that turned out to be fakes.
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