I just picked this up at a well established coin shop in Tokyo, Ginza Coins. Is there any reason to suspect it is counterfeit? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Beautiful coin! The low 6 digit serial number suggests it was more conservatively graded. I am much more comfortable with those than the 7 digit...
I remember using an elongating machine somewhere in Europe, pretty sure it was Amsterdam. The 5 euro cent was a much better host coin than a US...
It’s fine if they want to jumble a bunch of words together on the portrait to describe the subject, but the denominations and legends need to be...
I have a Vichy era 1000 francs in a non-PQ 58 holder, as well as a 65PQ 100 francs from the same era. French notes in general are beautiful....
For my own personal collecting my “holy grail” is any early Soviet or pre-revolutionary Russian note in clean, problem free condition. For...
This just came in the mail today, my first coin in an NNR slab. From what I’ve seen this grading service is modeled after PCGS and NGC, with the...
Modern quarters have been an area of interest for me as of late, particularly circulation clads from before the state quarter era. I have...
Yes, I doubt that an upper class person would wear a necklace with a currently circulating coin. But for an ordinary person in those days a...
Maybe some people preferred to wear their wealth. Or it was the best jewellery they could afford. Coins have been holed and/or put into...
I see what you are saying now in regard to “winning by pennies”. If someone wins by a bid increment, that doesn’t mean that I could have won with...
To be honest I prefer the Heritage format. It is more transparent when you can see what the bids are. I remember my dad clerking actual in...
I don’t understand how sniping would be “cheating” someone when that is how the auction is set up. Whoever is willing to pay the most wins the...
Your OP coin has missing detail due to weak strike and the NE Numismatics coin has missing detail due to flan/centering. When dealing with...
Your bid may have been a tad on the high side but not outrageous. A 58 in a crappy blue ANACS holder recently went for $560 on EBay. Also you...
This is a perfect example of why I avoid bidding on auctions for gold stickered coins. The ugly black streak draws my eyes a lot more than the...
I have one Lafayette that I paid $400 for, a certified straight graded XF40. I feel like I got a better deal than if I had bought two...
I dislike any listing of a certified coin with juiced photos, not just the ones claiming to be “PL” without the designation. It is usually...
So if the coin isn’t equivalent to a PCGS or NGC coin with a CAC sticker it gets sent back with no slab at all, just a body bag?
The 1986 ASE’s trade for a bit of a premium due to their being the first year of issue. Latest auction results on eBay are in the $40 to $50...
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