This is me as one data point. I've been collecting since I was 12 (and over 40 now), but got into world coins about 5-6 years ago for the above...
But I do and will continue to pull out and hoard any 100% nickel Canadian 5 cent coins I come across. No messing with an alloy. They're pure...
Might be legit, but they definitely will keep sending you ads and sell your contact information to all other advertisers willing to pay.
There’s a couple slabbed 66 and 67 Ike’s for sale right in Executive Coins website store. Pretty nice examples.
But...productive/revenue generating real estate with low/no debt is a winner almost regardless of cost of acquisition....over time.
I found this in an old Whitman folder from part of a partial collection I was given recently. I thought everyone here would appreciate it. Back...
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Real property and/or real estate.
For world coins: I'm always looking for nice VF+ crown size silver coins. Right now, that involves a decent 1938 Cuba Peso that's at one of my...
I've generally had good experiences with physical shops. The ones where I've had bad experiences, I simply don't return. My first initiation was...
I finished finishing sets over a decade ago, selling a bunch of stuff I acquired as a teen in the 1990s and pivot it into nicer coins for the more...
Agreed.
Well, perhaps I should hold onto the MS63-65 coins too. :)
We all need to be much less strident in our personal opinions about what another collector should do or not do. Personally (as an avid coin...
Agreed. I'd put all of those in flips (for my binders) and likely the half crown sized coins too (30mm+ diameter). The small(er) diameter coins...
Dittos. Though on a crown/half crown sized coin the design would 'work' better in my opinion.
I'll take a free $2.40 everyday of the week and twice on Sundays. :)
MIGuy - Acetone will not affect the toning on a coin, which is your coin's surface condition. It will only remove debris from the coin. To...
It's better in hand as the observe splotches have some color range: blue-brown-reddish brown. Not the black-ish that comes across in the above photo.
Agreed...but when I'm selling, it's underpriced. ;)
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