New Purchase: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] S-149 and properly attributed by the seller. This variety was called R7 in both Early American Cents 1793-1814...
Yes. I was thinking E and saying T.
I know what you mean. I settled on VF30 details primarily because of the lack of a sharp line separating the forehead from the hairline. The...
You know I liked it. It is better in the copper than in photos. What is really outstanding is the sharp edge on this coin giving it that meaty...
I wouldn't be so quick to eliminate the S-139 due to the location of the "berry" relative to the (N)T. I think I see sufficient evidence of a...
I think a point needs to be made about the values change over my lifetime being very heavily weighed toward the highest end coins. When Sheldon...
And that is a lesson in supply and demand. If you want the price to rise, decrease the supply or increase the demand. That's where telling a good...
A bit of a surprise. A vastly overvalued offering turned into a fair purchase after a couple of counteroffers....
I guess I'm back to just missing. I just came in second on a mislabeled 1797 S-124 marked as 1796. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Please note I did not say an indictment of TPGs, but of those who put their faith in them rather than knowing how to evaluate coins, not plastic,...
And THAT is an indictment of those who put their faith in TPGs.
People sometimes do not realize that there are actually two prices. One for buying and one for selling. The difference is the margin. Dealers...
I have three slabs out of 50 in my newest collection. My old collection of over 200 had 9 slabs and all those were GOLD and purchased at then...
The don't have nearly as far to fall, so lower is certainly relative when it comes to value. I would suspect these coins have fallen, but by...
Unfortunately, the promise of expertise by the TPG is as valid as the term rare when dealing with coin salesmen. The reality does not measure up...
When I started collecting many years ago, I bought retail and sold wholesale. That means it normally took about ten years to break even in a...
People can collect anything. But I don't like collecting junk. This slabs are only as good as the coins in them IF, and it's a VERY BIG IF, the...
Social Security has been going broke for 85 years now. Medicare has been going broke since it was first enacted as well. Timing the market is a...
I find no solace in guarantees from slabbers. They are just plain wrong far too often and I place NO TRUST in them. I collect COINS, not plastic.
As a collector, you have that luxury. As a business, your inventory becomes atrophied and volume sinks to nil. If you can afford it. More power to...
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