I take it to mean CIRCULATION wear, even if it circulates for only 15 seconds. Conversely, you can get dinged in a bag for hours or weeks or...
Well, there's no "scheme" involved here, just "investment" talk. Most of these people are agnostic if you buy gold or other financial assets from...
Right, and I get that the top-end of AU could at times blur into the low-end of MS. But if there were HARDLY ANY coins of the EF or VF...
OK...but are you then saying you want some AU-58's to be graded MS and some low-60's MS to be dropped into the AU bucket ? It looks like you want...
Are you saying this "value line" is the willingness of the market (collectors) to pay more (or relatively more) for nice-looking AU-58's than...
Well, it's 3 years.....a doubling is kind of rapid, but gold went up about 60% in the 4 years of the current administration so.....:D With...
Agreed...alot will depend on how the premiums for quasi-bullion and numismatic coins fares. Premiums right now are pretty low by historical...
No, the lead guy is head of an asset management firm where the bulk of assets are not in PMs.
Article from BARRON'S mentions U.S. Global Investor's CEO prediction:...
Yes, not quite as good as that beautiful one you posted here, JM. But we can always hope to get lucky !:D
I think some here use the term to describe a coin that wasn't altered/cleaned, too. That's what confused me. Sure, thanks ! I keep an eye on HA...
You think the TPGs are letting cleaned/altered coins get straight-graded in quantity ?
OK thanks Lehigh.....so it's almost like overgrading and % of CAC are inversely related, that was the point he was trying to make with the very...
Anybody heard anything about FUN 2021 ?
You've checked out the thread ATS on Franklin Gradeflation and FBLs, right ?...
These opinions are un-investable. They're all over the place.
Nice coin and nice pics, Lehigh !
Here's something that I came across on an old thread ATS last year that I wanted to explore. It concerned Saint-Gaudens and MS65 CACs vs. MS66's....
Thought CAC deserved its own thread. Anything to do with CAC.... pros...cons....successes....failures....likes... dislikes... whatever. :D
BTW Charlottedude, I post auction sales of 1907 High Relief's in the other High Relief thread here at CT....but definitely AU-58's down about 20%...
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