My dad had a friend who carried a "pocket piece" around. He swore it started off as a Morgan silver dollar back in the 1960's, but what I saw was...
I think you are in reality describing economics. Every coin is collectible, but at what price? What do you give up in order to buy X? I was on a...
Yes, but it gives people a false narrative. PM buyers never account for inflation, which is why they think they make money, (many of them anyway)....
I have seen the same. However, I have seen a couple if major new "gold buyers" pop up recently and advertise heavily. I want to go there and give...
Yes, but electrocuted coins almost always have unattractive pits or tough surfaces. Electrolysis should always be a last resort for coins.
They are very different markets. Besides absolute rarity, what gold has going for it is Asian and Middle Eastern markets ONLY desire gold. They...
I would be in favor of a AU64 grade, or simply stop the whole thing and numerically grade everything. In the US world who uses descriptive grades...
A Doug "like" is the rarest of all numismatic treasures.
I must pay attention too little. I found a nice BU 1943 steel cent in my change jar a few months ago. No idea where it came from. At least I don't...
Nice example.
That is lighting IMHO. I bet you in hand the word LIBERTY is thick with luster and unworn. Toning and luster can really mess with photos. You need...
Its not just experience though. You need to learn your auction houses. I bought a coin one time from an auction house that looked like it was...
We can agree to disagree on finer points, but bottom line we agree sir. Same with @Rick B . if we all agreed on everything there is no reason to...
But do you think most collectors who think such things do so based upon theoretical, just worry about what the slab says, or want their coins to...
Because saying saying a coin, well struck and attractive, with simply a touch of wear is a lower grade than an ugly, weakly struck POS is simply...
I understand sir. I was just talking about what my knowledge of these were. 20 years ago a coin like this would have been slabbed a AU58. However,...
I would have to see in hand what is used to be graded. Dimes and half dimes almost always came well struck, so they can be deceiving to those used...
What you are trying to accomplish with water is to have the water absorb some minerals from the coins. Then you can mechanically loosen, (scrape)...
Yes, but smelting copper would eat up any profit unless copper goes to $10 or something. Scrap dealers always paid the highest for electrical...
Everyone always wants to save the old series when they become scarcer in circulation. However, they almost always would have been better off...
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