When I'm inserting coins into albums, I use one cotton glove and one non-powdered latex glove, makes it easier not only for inserting or removing...
I use cotton gloves and also use a padded mat directly underneath the coin that I'm handling. Win-win situation. A little bit of caution goes a...
I purchased the 2020 Women's Suffrage coin simply because this fits into my heritage collection for my daughter & coincides with the purchase of...
Love 'em or hate 'em, they are part of history. Hobos riding trains, many just trying to find work to stay alive. A bygone era that is kept...
Visually, I like #3, but the best strike seems to be #1 by far.
So I'm trying to decipher why ICG is so bad, yet most all posts indicate that if the ICG graded slab is broken out and submitted to NGC or PCGS...
As a relative "newbie" (collecting seriously since 2008), I tend to agree with more seasoned and knowledgeable collectors in that ICG graded coins...
I simply collect German and German occupation coins from WW1 and WW2 to add to my heritage collection for my daughter.
Since I'm collecting for my daughter who is part German/part Welsh, I purchased one of them last year simply to add to the heritage collection....
Ironically the seller picked the dealer "out of the hat", and did not know the dealer, conversely the dealer did not know the seller until he was...
With the backlog in most post offices, somehow I don't think they will be randomly inspecting media mail. Also, there are cases on record where...
Add lots of filler paper or bubble wrap and send it via USPS "media" rate.
Considering the premium you pay for slabbed coins (rare and non-rare), I decided to just 2X2 flip all my non-rare coins and store them in a Dansco...
I was able to get one silver coin (gold out of my league) by taking the insanity route. Kept refreshing, and for some reason, my account...
Great find!
As others far more experienced than me have already stated, I purchased the 2020 Red Book simply for historical and reference purposes. Valuable...
What looked like pvc residue on my trade dollar was perhaps just that. I used 100% acetone and soaked the coin for about 2 hours. A thorough...
The dealer, if the 1909 S VDB is genuine is taking you to the cleaners. We need more closer, focused pictures of that coin to try to determine if...
This reminds me of the current "craze" concerning the 2019 and 2020 "W" quarters. After several months, they sell for a fraction of the first...
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