Same way they were protected for the nearly 3000 years that people collected coins prior to slabbing...by properly storing/handling them. Edit:...
Yes. I simply prefer them that way.
If I can go to pretty much any bank and buy examples by the roll at face then it is a modern coin. Has nothing to do IMO with any particular date...
I haven't bought that many coins overall this year, but 3 of them were slabbed at the time I purchased them. None of them still are.
[IMG] [IMG] The only denomination minted for the year was the cent. 2nd Bank of US is chartered. "The year without a summer" following the...
It very well may be cleaned--I merely stated that scans as a rule can't be trusted to properly represent a coin. For example My scan--which...
\ 109....on 108 S-13 points to center of dentil, not between. As far as cleaning is concerned I wouldn't rule one out, but by the same token, it...
And there is absolutely no reason whatsoever why he shouldn't sell off coin accumulations this way. Some people actually LIKE grab bag...
[IMG] [IMG] The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both...
Don't have now nor have I ever owned a Lincoln cent longer than it took to spend it. Don't like them--refuse to own them. No Morgan dollars for...
The "other" Frank is correct. I jumped the gun when I saw the I centered under T. I wondered about the lack of die dots under the I in AMERICA...
I wouldn't quibbile with VF-30, but it is O-103, not 107. Here's another example... [IMG]
Then they weren't overpriced. They were priced for that particular market. If, for example, I go to 7-11 and pay 2.49 for the same loaf of bread...
Lincoln wheat back Lincoln memorial Lincoln shield (Dis) Honorable mention: Illinois commemorative half None of the reverses are particularly...
I have always made it a practice to ask if a dealer can do my price offer. If not, I will ask for the best price he can do--and then take him at...
Actually, there ARE a lot of collectors who regularly spend 10K plus on individual coins. And, yes, at that level you had better have someone...
I have, but I'll leave it up to others to figure it out. Here's a better representation after I took it out of the holder (as well as the pics I...
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Just because a coin is raw doesn't mean that it won't either, but there is a strong perception in the marketplace that it does. Same thing with...
in general, coins in PCI and/or ANACS holders will sell for less money than those in NGC or PCGS holders at equal grade levels.
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