I studied in Moscow in '93. I remember a shortage of the 50 ruble coins (worth 5 cents at the time) and sometimes receiving a stick of gum in...
Don't worry about focusing on anything, just buy what you like! Spoken by a true ADHD collector lol... I have a nice certified 50ppq 1864 $10...
I agree that no Russian would make the kind of mistakes that you pointed out, especially the use of "Ruble" in the singular instead of plural....
I have a 1992 set I bought in Russia that has clear plastic pliofilm only and no cover.
I've found myself drifting toward the darkside in some of my recent purchases as there are so many world coins to choose from. I just couldn't...
There are definitely some certified coins out there that wouldn't even have been worth including in a bulk submission. For example, I have a 1936...
You just summed up my buying strategy... If you look hard enough on EBay you can find practically any coin slabbed at any grade level, even 20 or...
Probably a Dahlonega piece. I have good memories of visiting the north Georgia mountains, so it would have some personal connection. For that...
I'm pretty sure I have a note exactly like this one. The inscription on the obverse says that it was issued by the state treasury of the high...
I've looked at 3 so far: common date Seated Quarters and Halves in AU and Standing Liberty Quarters in MS63 (not FH). The example you gave was...
I totally agree that a single case of "bidiots" driving up an auction price should not be used to predict future prices. My earlier comments are...
Now let's reverse that and say it is $225 on Fee-bay and $350 on Heritage. Is trust (or distrust) of a site worth that much? Definitely not for...
Sure, I'd buy it on Heritage. But if there is a pool of willing buyers willing to pay $350 on Ebay, I would say that I underpaid for it because...
That's an interesting observation. It would make sense that type coins, especially larger crown sized ones, would have more of a following...
If people are paying consistently more on one site than another for coins then I really don't care how educated they are. I remember learning...
Although today's economy hasn't been good for middle class disposable income, was it really much better during the 1930's through 60's when the...
Here's a toner I just bought on Ebay that looks better in hand than in the pictures. It's nice to have an original looking coin as so many of the...
A coin in my collection is worth what I can sell it for. And if somebody who "doesn't know what they are doing" pays more for my coin on Ebay...
Prague is definitely one of my favorites. I remember visiting a coin shop in the Old Town with a huge selection of European coins from all...
Any time I am interested in a particular coin I find myself looking at realized prices on both Heritage and EBay. Since I have occasionally sold...
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