BTW, I think Akers comments were from 2012......so 20 years earlier would mean the European hoard was about 1992 or so.
David Akers said: "The 1911 is decidedly more rare than the 1910, especially in gem uncirculated condition. Until a substantial hoard of...
Yes, as GD says...do you KNOW the current owner personally ?
Abebos, at first look it appears genuine if worn and circulated. I'm going to study it a bit closer as the pics aren't bad but closeups in some...
There was a "Flash Crash" with gold. Dropped $100 today from Friday's close. Down $22 as I type to about $1,740.
Heritage and David Akers Commentaries: Attached is a PDF which contains recent or high sales data/date, plus a description of the coin for...
We can debate M1, M1-B, M2, etc.....until the cows come home. I just think you AVOID buying gold after big run-ups and/or spikes.
"The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent" - John Maynard Keynes Central Banks are "printing money" but the collapse...
For those coins with some numismatic value, you rarely can get them for just above melt and a low premium . It's usually one or the other as the...
Gold hasn't been "insurance" for non-existent inflation or financial turbulence in 40 years. SWFs, the rich, and institutions have deeper and...
Buying a certified coin -- PCGS or NGC -- should solve that problem.
Paramount...what a name....David Akers worked there in the 1970's after serving in Vietnam.....Paul Wittlin, their European buyer, brought all...
Here are a couple of charts that show the price for another generic common year. You can see that while it's not a 1.00 correlation, when the...
Eh....I dunno about that. :wideyed:
Some good commentaries on the 1928 in the HA archives and also in Roger Burdette's book. Remember, it's survivorship not mintage that matters....
Are you buying a generic common in medium grade that will track bullion....or a numismatic coin selling at a premium ?
Oh, good....I guess that means you can see it. For some reason, I couldn't show it on my PC but I think I'm having an Adobe/PDF problem as I...
I saw an episode of "Adventures of Superman" where a criminal shot at Clark Kent and everyone thought he was Superman....and then he took out a...
Here's an interesting article from the 1970's on the Redfield Hoard:
Silver price rise + increased interest in GSAs + Covid buying = Higher Prices For Affordable Stuff. :D
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