As long as there is "teh internets" there will be trolls. :(
And that is exactly why I have never and will never comment on a "guess the grade thread"
I agreed with your point 100%. The very types of people you mention are the ones feeding the counterfeit coin distributors I've been posting...
Yes I agree it's valuable to get both perspectives. Sometimes with good photos you see things you may not in hand, and vice versa.
Yes they learned from their past mistakes with the common dings and scratches. They read the forums and TPG articles too, more than most people...
You can probably get the best deals sitting on your computer, but certainly not without a huge amount of experience with seeing coins in hand. And...
Yes, my current search list blocks pretty much the maximum amount of sellers it can before the html link crashes. Firefox lets you exclude way...
It's like playing the lotto... I've been doing this for years. Seems like a lot of people are doing it now so you have to be able to make sound...
I remember something GDJMSP said in a thread where I was saying that coins you keep can count as profit... "you haven't made a profit or loss...
Why limit this nice write-up to just US coins? It applies across the numismatic universe (and beyond) :)
Let me guess, would that be the chemically induced patina? :) PS: It's cool that you have one of these, the genuine examples seem to be becoming...
One more account with the usual fare....
Check out https://www.cointalk.com/threads/modern-counterfeit-world-coins-train-your-eyes-get-your-game-up.255003/ This is another of their...
It's fake... but for a quarter I'd take it as a study piece.
It is supposed to be a medal, one that does not open up this way. The medal is worth around $100-$125 in good shape.
Only if it has bids, otherwise no fee.
Because this way you have a chance that multiple people bid and it sells higher than just putting it up as a B-I-N
It's either a 1/8 or 1/16 fuang of the 1862 series, it's too corroded to see the denomination from the pictures. Tin coins like these didn't hold...
Not sure why people consider these tri-metal coins. The inside piece and the outermost piece are the same metal, so the coin is made of two...
That was an Ecuadorian 8 escudos :)
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