Not surprising. 10% premium at GC vs 20% at the other two. That plus more and more folks feel comfortable bidding and buying over the internet....
OP, does your father need money from sale of the coins to meet ongoing expenses? If not, he might want to reconsider selling. If the coins are...
Italy, 20 centesimi, 1912, Rome mint, NGC MS64+ [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I've never looked at Portuguese coins before, but will in the future. Yours is a real beauty! Cal
I’ve never asked a dealer to hold a coin that I haven’t agreed to purchase while I shop around at a show. I’ve been to many shows over the...
FedEx drivers are not unique in leaving packages in mailboxes. I live in the country, and my large mailbox is on the main road which is 3/8 mile...
Um, were these the ancestors of Nerf blasters? o_O Cal
Buy the COA, not the slab! Cal
Package dumper to be charged with five counts of felony cargo theft. See the link. Cal...
Oh, it's vandalism for sure ... probably at the felony level. No different than if someone rented a car and deliberately dumped it in a ravine...
Yup, that’s the Austrian microcosm coin … a beauty. I have that one and also the Austrian time coin … graded MS70 by NGC. See the pics. Cal...
Apparently, the deed was done by a single driver who dumped six truckloads in the ravine. Don't know if he has been charged yet. See link. Cal...
I follow the auctions of the major US companies … sometimes bidding, occasionally winning a coin. A day or so after the auction ends, some...
Doug, I agree. Auction prices realized is only value guide I use. However, there are multiple reasons other than laziness that folks use price...
Unfortunately, fining and collecting are two different animals that are barely in the same universe. The FTC has issued at least $200M in fines...
That's probably it. A big thumbs up to the local church that supplied Thanksgiving dinner to all the FedEx employees doing the recovery. :) Cal
Was reading an article by a carpenter who does some demolition work on old New England houses. Sometimes he’ll salvage chunks of hardwood and...
Doug, I disagree. If collectors want to avoid creating coins that look like the first three pics below, they should wear gloves where practical...
I use lint-free woven nylon gloves designed for handling optics, jewelry, coins, etc. They are reusable and fit well enough that handling coins...
The technique is muonic X-ray emission spectroscopy. Muons are subatomic particles which can penetrate metal to at least the thickness of coins....
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