It was over 10 years ago when they did not do details grading. I sold it through Teletrade:...
In the case of the gold coin it had been in a PCGS MS61 holder. NGC would not grade. We sent it back to PCGS which probably considered the bend...
Has Allen Stockton ever shared his methods in print?
I had a mint state early $10 gold coin once that, when submitted to NGC for grading, was body-bagged as "bent". I don't know if any others here...
First use mild cleaning agents like acetone, then if that doesn't work, try an ultrasonic cleaner with increasingly effective solutions and/or...
There are a lot of dirty secrets government doesn't want you to know about: edited - you are straying into very political territory
If I win, which is unlikely of course, I will donate it to the Coin Talk site. I hope the financials here are in the black!
If sellers can't take the time and effort to do proper listings then they deserve to be ripped; of course there are exceptions to this. Those...
I have used USPS, FedEx and UPS to ship coins. I think all three have their place. One thing I have noticed with my USPS corporate account for...
Actually ICTA is the collectibles organization that is supposed to lobby for and protect the rights of coin dealers and collectors. They charge...
This week's CDN says they are getting calls almost daily from coin dealers who are being warned by their banks that they must immediately give the...
According to today's CDN, the police have arrested five suspects in this murder/robbery! Congratulations to the police!
But how do prospective bidders get pre-screened on high-end coins? No auction company wants jokers queering their deals. I remember a friend's...
All they need is a name, adress, phone number, and their IT experts can probably get the rest.
I was wondering how auction companies prevent either insolvent or non-serious bidders from bidding on lots in their auctions? It is relatively...
Agreed! There are coins that only come around once in a blue moon. Do we allow family members to kibbitz on our other financial decisons? Yes...
This from "Sovereign Society" recently, clarifying a possible reason for the tumble in the gold price: "And on the last day of February, just a...
If yoiu are looking for common date $20s there are a ton at historical lows. The rare dates in MS63 are extremely hard to find. You are lucky to...
I don't know how he works the ploy and whether he gets people to fall for it. People see a rare date coin that should sell for a lot more. They...
Very suspicious when rare coins worth many times more than the common ones are being offered at common date prices. When called he said something...
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