If that's a ceramic container, "maybe" the weak acid leached a metallic component out of the glaze, and at saturation point, it began to...
From left to right (dated side) -- 1st row: 1929 2½ centesimos; 1940 1¼ centesimos; 1907 ½ centesimo. 2nd row: 1947 10 centesimos silver; 1907 2½...
I suggest that you not hide a damaged coin in a "wholesale" roll...
I think you're well within the time frame for Oregon. But $4 to mail one nickel-sized coin? Was it insured? I'd ship for 66 cents - 1 ounce...
Pristine proof set of 2 in original case, Krause Great Britain Piedforts #P10 and #P11, silver £2 Claim of Rights (mintage 10,000) and silver £2...
That big discoloration on the obverse pretty well whacks the numismatic value and makes the grade immaterial. By the way, are Canadian cents 100%...
I would vote for Mercury Dimes. If you ever decide to acquire some junk silver, rolls of dimes seem to have more keepers than other...
The metal disc looks like a punchout from an electrical circuit box.
This is a presentation copy of Criswell's hardbound book, "Confederate and Southern States Currency - A Descriptive Listing, Including Rarity and...
The bids you get constitute the "appraisal" and of course this only works if you get a dozen bids or more. With a hidden reserve of $2000, if you...
That's not how you do it. Get an "appraisal". List the items at AUCTION with an absurdly high hidden reserve (1% additional fee). If your...
Handles are unpredictable. I signed up on one forum as Ye Olde Stamp Geezer, and apparently no one thought a thing about it.
Allen's hasn't hung around for 40 years, and become the biggest LCS, by mis-reading the market. Interesting, there was no one at the "Sell"...
NK, you're probably right, but I don't know of any auctions scheduled for Japan - do you? Certainly there's an incentive to dump yen in favor of...
Today I was in Allen's Coin Shop in Westerville, largest shop in central Ohio. TONS of Libertads, Philharmonics, and Maple Leafs, all at $6 over...
Next stop, Spink's. I have used them twice, although more than a decade ago, once in Hong Kong, once in Singapore. www.spink.com...
I proposed the "pawn shop" idea as a strategy. It might never work, but it sounds like fun.
Make the round of pawn shops and tell the guy you will be spending $500+ in cash if the POS is right. Pawn shops LOVE cash deals. If the guy...
Great Britain odds and ends, 15 pieces, 1806 to 1977, offered as one lot. 1928 Farthing 1806 Penny 1881 Penny (common variety, NOT Type of 1880)...
Nice group of well-preserved Swedish minors, as shown. The image has been lightened, due to the deep bronze coloring. The larger 1 ore is slightly...
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