As Ive said before: I dont fully accept the slogan "Buy the coin, not the slab." The dealers and collectors both seem to have a majority agreement...
I went to the coin show two months ago. Sold some coins to a dealer. AFTERWARDS, I Had 4 NTC slabs left. He offered $150 for the slabs. I said...
SJNEBAY: you say you will never buy a slabed coin? I admit Im a little confused by the discussion of grade "DEflation." I admit PCGS and NGC...
Dont waste your time with anything but PCGS or NGC. Those are the only two you wont lose money on. The dealers and big collectors dont trust any...
yes speedy! yes a dealer has to make a profit. But if the price guide says MS-63 is $300, for example, and he tells you at the show the coin is...
Speedy, Ill say the same thing to you: read what I said and answer accurately. I was not incorrect. When you buy real estate the sellers are...
I forgot to add, Satootoko: Baseball cards are being graded and slabbed, but you never see baseball cards being geing allocated the different...
The_cave_troll: No YOU are wrong. READ what i wrote, and respond accurately!!! I said ebay needs to police LOOSE coins. I didnt say they need...
I went to an outdoor antique show in February. I bought three loose morgan dollars in cardboard holders. That got me interested in Morgans....
Top Grade its an MS-70!!!!!!
Gasoline MEchanics and machinists wash engine parts and tools in gasoline. As far as using any kind of fuel to clean coins, I dont know if it...
I buy old war letters and war diaries. Dog tags are great, but my interest in them is secondary, only if they come with the soldiers diary. The...
stuff on ebay I buy Morgans, so Im not a very experienced coin buyer. I buy only morgans. Im sure theres fakes on ebay, and sellers with...
Check the other message threads. Ive somewhat exhausted this topic of grades, at least with regard to Morgans. Loose coins: you canNOT trust a...
focal areas so what would be the prime focal areas? On morgns, I would guess prime focal areas to be the flat surfaces. and on liberty, I would...
ana grading guide/grading morgans Since I dont have the ANA grading guide, and dont know if or where it is on the internet, can somebody post a...
I looked at those definitions. They dont tell anything useful. Heres what Im saying. PCGS might grade a coin MS-64. On an 1880-O, MS-64 is...
Dan McConnell, the manager at Lester's Diner, was given a 1918 Indian Head Penny by Don the handyman, who does repairs and cleans out low-income...
my advice is save your money for Mint-state coins. Quality, not quantity. buy a few nice pieces, instead of hoards of low grade coins. Me I...
When you start talking about cracked dies; filled dies: I dont know what that means. Grading coins ia not easy. I think Ive learned pretty...
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