So now you are attacking me for your lack of information and emotion on this thread. My recap is @C-B-D made an assertion. YOU stated "this is the...
So are you in a position to verify what @C-B-D asserts is untrue? You can say its "nonsense" all you want, but do you know no one at CAC is on any...
I liken the situation to the NGC ancient slabbing. David Vagi, who designed the program and runs it, IS a very good dealer. His general...
Nice pieces. I think I have most of those on the poster. I started a tet collection for a while, got about 8 different types. I love all of the...
Come talk to us. Buy from good dealers and fakes are not a concern. We are hostile enough to slabbers that I am unsure if it will affect us much....
I would agree, as well as one other point. Yes, people made money investing in "condition rarity" and "key coins" over the years. They were good...
More people should read this. NEVER try to take out staples to remove coins from 2x2s. You WILL have an accident someday and seriously scratch a...
Oh, don't do that. Have you considered ancient coins? We HATE slabs. We have parties celebrating cracking them open. I keep the insert, since it...
I agree heartily with the thread. This is a nuance most new collectors do not get. A grade is a REPRESENTATION of the overall desirability of a...
This is what I do. PVC free plastic flips. I have two sides of the paper insert to write on, so easier than writing along the edges of cardboard...
Yep. Continuing game to force people to pay them ever more money. Someday, it will come to a point where everything is overgraded, than they will...
Not disagreeing sir, I have read similar. Just saying I could see more impromptu auctions happening this way fairly regularly before more formal...
One would imagine it might have been far earlier actually. By the early 1500s rare ancient coins were being reproduced for rich collectors. Best...
From what I have read, in the US Washington pieces were the most wanted items. They did not limit themselves to only official mint coins as much...
I could see that, identifying a coin "in the wild" makes it more personally liked than something you buy already identified. I have the same...
Now THAT is a nice Jeff, better than all the rest.
Fair enough sir. However, what will happen to the hobby because of this "mechanical error"? That is my worry. Someone who does not know how to...
It's a weird type to be sure. I don't pay that much attention to these, but haven't seen one before I believe. I still see a very intact right...
I bet most of his coins had the same sad story. Poor man. ;)
I say no. Look above the head. On one the right side of the symbol is combined, on the other two separate marks.
Separate names with a comma.
