I worked with a fellow at a warehouse once where after a heated discussion developed with workers, about how one company's spark plugs were better...
It is well-known that drug dealers will launder their "gross" profits by buying precious metals and then sell them later to throw off law...
Is it only cocaine that leaves residual effects on the bills or do other drugs, like pot, have the same effect?
Thanks GDJMSP! Lost Dutchman has either better eyesight or better computer imaging than I do, or both!
Thanks. I examined a rare date gold coin one of the top buyers was offering at the Pittsburgh show that was in the same TPGS holder as MS62, if...
I saw a nice type I $20 Liberty at an auction the other night and made a conservative bid on it because I could not examine it in person:...
All I can say is that dealers who handle large amounts of cash better get all their ducks in a row when it comes to the law. I have known dealers...
Good points. It is better to take all your expense or business deductions rather than set up red flags with the authorities. I have posted on...
Other thoughts on trust in payments: You are set up at a coin show as a dealer; pretty much anyone can do this. Someone comes along with...
It is kind of like the people peddling fake designer glasses, handbags and so forth at flea markets. Do they get nailed by the authorities? I...
Here is a question I have never heard a response to. Does it matter whether you get a check made out to your business that must be deposited to...
But if the buyer does not want to use paypal only checks, what do you do? I always honor my word, but when another buyer/dealer wants to buy a...
You want to buy a coin listed online or elsewhere. There is the assumption, usually, that payment will be made before your coin arrives. This is...
Many significant coin dealers in Connecticut I know have had break-ins or robberies in the last year; Brookfield Coin, a Torrington bullion and...
There are ranges of problem coins then. Lightly cleaned coins like this one a friend sold anyway for over $10K, Scott Travers called it a...
Here is another one, I bought it as MS63 if I recall: https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/40598/1902-Indian-Cent-PCGS-Genuine-AU-Details Last...
I can understand a bank's policy on not allowing employees to "buy" old coins and currency. My employment as a teller ended fairly quickly back...
Probably there are "doctors" skilled at simulating wear enough to hide the mishandling.
Thanks for that Chris! The legend was that if you were short on change for the ferry ride you would have to wait 100 years before getting a free...
I was looking at an auction lot that must be worth high XF money as an AU "cleaned" coin:...
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