I'll disagree. There are fradulent sellers whenever things of high value are being sold. Simply limiting criteria to frequent sellers of coins...
For my son's birthday I bought a refurbished MSI brand laptop on Ebay. When I got it, the keyboard had problems, it had a lower amount of RAM...
Very nice & impressive. I give preference to actual circulating coinage like yours, over medals. I presume you bought the slab and cracked it...
Actually my guess was based on possible tooling in the upper left field but the posted photo is quite low res so I guess they're just scuffs on an...
Well the 1800 $10 gold alone is worth around $12,000 if genuine. However it does not appear to be so. I'd be surprised you even receive...
Well if you're serious about Germany I'd suggest you deal with Gorny & Mosche; one of the best known auction houses based in Munich. Why buy...
That's my guess. I believe both are around equally as common so there's not much to be gained from having a 10 marks over a 20. This is unlike...
While I haven't looked it up people here say that this is not a rare date. Noting that it's probably a VF35 BUT it has a staple scratch obverse,...
Given my experiences with coin dealers this is actually the most likely scenario!
Well the copper looks bright so it appears to be a recent filing. This could actually be a very good thing. I've been investigating as to...
Looks blackened from the fire also...
The only piece I tried to buy in the past 6 months was Brazilian and despite a bid in line with the highest prices paid I was outbid! Also it was...
In July or Aug of 2008, I was going to do a presentation on Roman Coinage for the San Antonio Museum of Art which sponsered a "Roman Family Day"....
Excellent research! Noting that the most common EF 1797 Draped Lg Cent: the reverse of '95, is $4,000 per pcgs coin values (with an AU-55 being...
One of my first Polish coins. 20 years ago I my wife wanted me to get a Polish coin to show at our wedding. I called Karl Stephens, a...
Japan currently issues up to 500 Yen coins. At current rate of exchange this is $5. 100 Yen coins ($1) are very common. The smallest bank notes...
I really don't collect modern coins but like the Ikes for some reason. Some Ike incidents. Soon after the Gov't released them for circulation...
Good choice! It'll take you a bit longer to complete an Ike set in ms-69. Are you just going for circulating date & mint or are you going to...
They're also screwing up grading of Brazilain coins although they do it consistantly. Some are undergraded but right now the important types I'd...
An idea I'd really like to see the mint implement. Is anyone else here peeved that modern proof sets missed the beautiful Peace dollar by one...
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