My thought exactly. This makes all the difference. Now I would be very willing to purchase, but am not in a market for this coin. However, same...
I voted detrimental. Unless the coins he uses truly are harshly cleaned, numismatically destroyed coins, I object to destroying a coin on purpose...
Let's talk about a coin I am in the market for, an Antony and Cleo Antioch tet. If I knew the piece was tooled, no I would not pay money for it. I...
I am with others. A repair like this is simply tooling. While smoothing is a continuum which I can be comfortable at a certain point, tooling is...
No, not really. I think they may let some local dealers fill in on Sunday, (not sure if FUN does, but some other shows do), but for the most part...
I wonder if there is a BU "lowball" market. Seems easy enough, buy ASE's for melt, put in bag, shake vigorously, sell, rinse and repeat.
Um, I think its sarcasm Chris. ;)
Limited edition of 10,000 "perfect" coins. Boy, MS70's sure are rare, ain't they?
I have to agree with others. Its as bad as a British Commonwealth coin, one side a complete throwaway.
They have name badges outside that everyone needs to fill out and wear in order to access the bourse. They are all stick on ones, but I imagine if...
It is a good idea and I will too. However, I usually do not look at name badges, and FUN is huge, so still not a great chance of seeing each other.
Pt has a very high buy/sell spread. If I could find it fairly close to spot, I would love to buy more. Hard to find, and when you find it simply...
IMHO, of course raw there will be more fakes. However, compare slabbed coins versus ones in flips from good dealers and I bet the ratio is...
Any ancient collector, (yes even slabbed ancients), have fakes in their collection. Accept it as part of the hobby and try your best to buy from...
Btw VK, you have it much easier than I anyways. You can just go to dealers and ask if they have any 5-7th century stuff. I collect so many areas I...
The great truth in life is that there are always more coins than your ability to buy. I simply do not stress it. If it is meant to be its meant to...
I am going to be there, most likely Friday. My family and I needed a break from MN winter, so we are going Thursday morning and leaving Monday,...
I would say look at things engraved at lower resolutions and check its level of detail. Look at the control mark under the throne, a classic...
Since when has TPGs followed ANA guidelines? ;) One of the little known secrets for new coin collectors. TPGs make up their own grades to suit...
Its a conundrum, I agree OP. It is not helped by not having precise guidelines issued by the TPG. For giggles, (since I do not care about the...
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