If someone ships valuable coins (hundreds of dollars and up) a few times per year, private insurance is worth it. There’s an up-front annual...
USPS registered mail is indeed the safest way. However, it can move very slowly. And the postal clerk may try to get you to pay for priority...
I enjoy both registries. PCGS restricting their registry to coins they’ve certified is not a big deal for me. When I collect a series, I make it...
Heritage does this for its auction coins. It allows personnel to see quickly what’s in a box in viewing rooms. The labels are color coded and...
Sure. A couple of images are below. The $4 stella is gilded copper. The large format Norse medal is silvered bronze. Unfortunately, I don’t...
The U.S. Mint produced a few gold-plated and silver-plated pattern coins and medals. There are several techniques for doing this....
PCGS should be able to handle it. There may be an extra charge for them to do their own metal composition determination. It would be best to...
In the mid-1850’s, there was quite a bit of experimentation in the mint to find an appropriate design and composition for a small cent. Planchets...
I also remember my late father-in-law on D-day. He was in the Coast Guard and piloted a landing boat on that day. Survived the entire Europe war...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1942, NGC PF68, bought long ago. Cal
If you live in a state that charges sales tax on coins, you can more than make-up for a higher than usual buyer’s premium with tax savings when...
I have some experience in buying coins from outside the U.S. For the silver coins in this auction, there should be no tax (VAT, sales, customs)...
Thought I’d post this because most U.S. collectors aren’t familiar with Noonan’s in the UK. I have no financial connection with them and have yet...
Few corrections. The usual implementations of NFC, like used by PCGS, use inductive coupling for communication. The “waves” are magnetic, not...
Been done for years for chipped dogs and cats and other "objects". Yup, fear of litigation may prevail even if victory is likely but not...
If you’re interested in medium to long term return on investment, SP500 is likely to outperform gold. See the pic below. Short-term investment...
Any challenge-resistant patents won’t be held by PCGS but by companies like RSA or Duo (owned by Cisco) which sell the technology to anyone...
What NGC should really be changing is putting chips in their slabs. Everything else is pretty easily copied. Cal
Recently was about to go to UK and had several submissions at NGC that I did not want shipped while I was away. Also needed to update some credit...
I liked the theme and design. So, bought the piedfort (double thickness) gilded silver version pictured below. Graded PR70DCAM by PCGS. Cal [ATTACH]
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