Excellent points, Lehigh....I wonder if the lack of reciprocity in the Registry Sets is another reason for whatever PCGS premium exists or is...
I was reading a magazine interview/article with an old-time Morgan dollar collector/dealer who said that with all the difficulties the creation of...
Need to see HA, GC, and/or Ebay actual sales for real-world info and prices. Price guides, even online, just a guestimate, IMO.
Probably the latter.....but there are still some eyeraisers. A 1-grade jump is understandable over time, but 2-grades ? Check out the Franklin...
Any comparable PCGS coins sold lately to compare it to ? It could also just be a very strong coin market right now with Covid, stay-at-home,...
Excellent point.....and congrats on the strong pricing !
I think "heavy hitters" (serious collectors with 6 or 7-figure collections) are very attuned to prices for the coins they collect. And I think...
I see more and more threads here and on other sites talking about gradeflation and misses by PCGS. My understanding -- and I wasn't there, I'm...
But that assumes the coins are ALL exactly alike and/or interchangeable. That's not necessarily the case. No doubt the premium is real and...
Still the case, but I think the premium has come down in recent years.
Is this way above expected...any comp or recent sales?
China has hit the Lewis Point and is now losing 3 million workers a year from their (cheap) labor supply. Let's see how they do when labor costs...
I presume the current BitCoin status. We can see what he proposes for the Biden Administration.
Gary Gensler of the Biden Administration is supposedly a fan of BitCoin and/or blockchain technology. However, if what you say were to happen...
If there is ever a crackdown on digital currencies, billions will flow into gold overnight.
And the monthly Garden State/Parsippany Coin Show ! :D
Is this an additional gold coin to be offered -- or have they permanently phased out the Saint-Gaudens obverse ?
MCMVII High Relief Details Wire Rim: Went for $7,500 including bp.....13 bidders including 3 bidders going back-and-forth above $5,000 so the...
Maybe in nominal dollars, but you won't find the HUGE increases in coin prices that were seen from 1970 to the present. You'd need gold at...
It's inbred in our brains.....probably a survival instinct from our cavemen days when we had to rely on instinct and ACT FIRST before THINKING....
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