That I don't doubt, but there's attractive toning and unattractive toning, and that one - it's just plain ugly !
Personally, I think they should hide that coin, and hide it deep - not put it on display ! edit - matter of fact, if it was up to me, I'd...
The designs - they suck ! And they just created another program to produce "collector coins" that most collectors don't even want !
I thought that was the kind of thing you were talking about, and I agree, coins like that are not mules at all. But a lot of people claim they...
OK, but just imagine how much time, work and effort it would take to do that with 1,000-2,000 coins ? And that's assuming that every single one...
Just imagine my consternation after doing THIS many years ago Kurt - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/time-for-a-change-in-our-change.170/ It...
Kanga, here's the advantage of using Heritage. I searched for an 1885-CC Morgan in MS64. Then I set the search parameters to most recent sales,...
Are you missing something ? Yes, scarcity. Back when I collected US coins I had tried for 40 years to put together a complete set of modern US...
Though I didn't explain it outright, but implied, in my original comments you've done what everybody should make an effort to do - your own...
And some may actually be but I wonder at times. I've found too many cases where catalogs and even specialized coin books say a given coin is rare...
Given the limitation that you've described, the grades, I don't think you can stick to one source. And I'm assuming here but I assume you mean...
There is one primary thing at play here - definitions; but there are two separate issues involved. Issue one would be the definition of a mule,...
No I'm not trying to be provocative at all Kurt. And how are you to process that ? How about the same way I did, put one in your pocket, carry it...
Well lemme put it this way. In 1986 when the ANA decided on what it's new grading standards would be, which was also and not coincidentally when...
My point is quite simple Kurt, gold is not as soft as people think it is, as a coinage metal, gold wears quite well.
Yeah, I have too. Now try it with silver and copper. You'll find you get the same results.
Well that's just it Kurt, grading standards weren't changed because they were flawed. They were changed so the TPGs could maintain submission...
OK, get a gold coin, bite it as hard as you can, try and leave teeth marks in it. You'll find out how soft it is ;)
My prediction has always been they will go full circle. They'll change the standards alright, but they'll go back to grading the right way, the...
Oh he was quite happy, but not for the reasons you think. To him, like about 95% of the people who buy US bullion coins - they're all just chunks...
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