Ehhhhh - not really. Use proper storage techniques and your coins will pretty much stay the way you like them for your lifetime anyway. Well,...
A fair comment. But the reality is they are not that resistant to permeability either. For example, buy the thick freezer type of Ziplocks. Put...
I think most of you know I no longer collect coins and have not for a long time now. But what fewer may know is how I collected coins, what I...
Others have already pretty much answered your questions but I'll add my answers. Yes, cardboard 2x2s are bad for coins - for several reasons. As...
There are so many I don't know where to start ! Do this, use the search function, use - changing grading standards - as the key words and put my...
This is a myth. And to see that it is a myth all one has to do is look at the historical record of the pop reports. This has all been discussed...
Well it's been going on for 10 years, and as of yet shows no signs of slowing down. [IMG] The answer to why - is because people eventually...
To each his own, and there's nothing wrong with that. But what exactly will you pay a premium for ? I mean pretty much everybody has something...
Now for the kicker, I first saw people doing that over 20 years ago. And they had already been doing it for quite some time. I posted many years...
Well they used to that's for sure. And they did so for good reason, because it could be trusted for its accuracy. But that was was because for...
To explain it all would take a good deal of writing so I'll just try and keep it brief. Short and sweet, CDN used to be a good thing because they...
You don't have to worry too much about those guys - I mean they are telling you. It's the other guys who really do know what they're doing that ya...
My personal opinion, not anymore. Ever since they changed their format for determining values a few years ago, they, CDN, has become little...
Air-Tites are NOT airtight ! And neither is any other coin holder ! Sure, they help slow the process down, and I strongly recommend using them....
You know what the interesting part is ? What you did with your experiments in a short period of time with heat - that's what coin albums do to...
Yeah it's pretty to look at. But the album cover, the part where it says Silver Eagles, is it made of vinyl ? It it is then it contains PVC. Is it...
A suggestion for you. Before buying any binder pages do some research, contact the companies that make them if you have to, and find out what...
A lot of folks think that just because a coin is old it is valuable, over and above its metal value. The think the age of the coin and the fact...
The coin has no grade as problem coins cannot be graded. And that one is a problem coin for more than 1 reason, although one is more than enough....
I've always recommended this book to collectors of US gold - https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-U-S-Gold-Coins-1795/dp/0794822541 As for the...
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