I you strongly believe the seller is crooked and have evidence and Ebay agrees with you, I say nail him and help get him banned from selling. At...
Just so everybody knows, a shill bidder is the crooked seller of the coin/item. You are essentially bidding against the seller or his cohort. Ebay...
Interesting that the 3 cent silver was minted because of postal needs. Tiny coin must weight less than 2 grams
Here in Calif. they would do all of the above and also give you Blue Chip or S&H trading stamps. They would also have promotions like giving you a...
"Norman Invasion", in Sicily they called it a liberation. My ancestors were so happy the Normans ran the Arabs out of there. :)
I like that gold band (bezel) around the coin. I've seen Spanish cob coins with the same. Where can you find that type of gold band, I'd like to...
I picked up a rare 1820's Italian silver coin and it has XF details but the toning is almost black. When it's in a flip all you see is black. With...
Some silver coins tone very dark, almost black and I don't blame people for dipping them so they can see what the coin looks like.
If you submit your coins at a show, do you pay the ANNACS rep directly ?
In Italy they make these very nice pre-1945 Italian reproduction coins that are called "riconio" and they are sold as being reproductions. These...
What that bidder is doing is unusual, I've seen people do that when there are other bidders and they want to jump over them, but not when they...
The ones I'm looking for were minted at the Palermo mint (zecca di Palermo). From 1734 to around 1805. THANKS
Ebay supposedly bans crooked sellers who they catch shill bidding.
And shill bidding by crooked sellers is still going on. Ebay trys to crack down on it but it's a losing battle.
The problem with the "bonus bucks" is not everybody gets them. I used to get them on a regular basis and now I seldom do. I've heard that some...
No, you get them for most collector coin purchases. You don't get them for bullion. Sometimes they exempt coins from the bonus bucks
I've asked Roman coin dealers at coin shows if they have any 1500 to 1700's Italian & Sicilian coins and no luck. Roman coins are just older...
All I know about Malta's coins is when I'm looking on Ebay for 1700's Sicilian Silver Tari coins, Malta's Tari coins pop up.
Buying power of a half. dollar in the 1930's. You could buy two packs of cigarettes and two sodas, try doing that today with $5.
$23. I'm lucky to get that amount since Ebay reduced the percent they give you by 50%
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