No, the dealer isn't always right. But neither is the customer. And there's something that used to be taught to children called common courtesy....
I use it, along with this one as its companion - (both in the special limited editions) [IMG]
Go read post #41 to have an actual, real life, example of percentages. Then read post #102. It is also accurate. As for what defines high end,...
They don't adhere to them at all Jesse.
Other than modern bullion, some modern commems, and junk silver, the metal value has virtually no effect on the prices of coins. However, the...
If I remember correctly Rick doesn't exactly grade the same way the TPGs do.
As for people's comments about dealers ignoring them or being busy. If you were the one the dealer was talking to, how would you feel if he...
Usually, it's because they don't want to have to keep changing stickers on all of their coins every time the market changes. If you've got a 1000...
Yeah, the Mint Sets came in those cardboard holders and looked like these - http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/331232707278?lpid=82 The early Proof...
He qualified his statement - 5-10% on high end coins. And I assure you that is more than enough. Many will settle for down to 2% given the right...
It's an individuals choice of course, but to automatically pass by coins just because they don't have a price tag on them is kind of foolish. For...
That's because he buys the coins and not the plastic. Well, sometimes :D Sometimes he buys the plastic regardless of what the coin inside it is.
It's like ice cream, why do some like chocolate and others like vanilla ? I collected original Mint and Proof sets for over 40 years. With the...
There are several books dedicated to the answer of that single question. And it takes several to answer it. Volume I and Volume II of this one...
Pictures can be very deceiving, wear may look like toning, and toning may look like wear. Environmental damage can sometimes look like toning, and...
To me it's a question of how much the coin cost, how hard it is to find one (even a problem example), how bad the problem is, and how badly I want...
The number of individual coins, their cost and their availability, has absolutely nothing to do with what we are talking about - which is original...
First of all let's make sure what we are talking about here. I am talking about original Mint & Proof sets that are still in original mint...
You can come up with a million different ways to try and estimate how many sets still survive, but not even 1 of them will come close to working....
Nahhhhhh - they all know me too well :D
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