When a coin has small rim issues on both sides, it's not an MS-65, especially when the price goes the by 41% for the one point bump according to...
I get emails everyday from a couple of coin dealers who offer me expensive U.S. coins. It’s bad form to go after a dealer’s offerings while they...
It’s Type I quarter that probably a bit of “a slider.” I think that there is a slight rub on the leg.
Here is an example of the 19th century presidential medals. They were in high relief and had a rich mahogany finish which was not offered in the...
One of the problems was that the New York State congressional delegation was large and powerful. They got commemorative half dollars authorized...
What we see is a bifurcated market with the really top of the line stuff bring huge prices and a lot of collector material sagging. Having said...
I would rather collect the 19th century 3 inch medals. Yes, they are much more expensive, but they are much more attractive and have the potential...
My wife has commented about how food prices have soared. We were way over the budget in 2020. Part of it was because we didn’t go to restaurants,...
The only George V sovereign I have is an MS-65 which would be misleading. I bought a set six Proof half sovereigns for 6% under melt at a local...
With no state income tax if your state has one.
Which one do you like better? Circulated $2.50 is under $400. [ATTACH] I am not sure where you can buy a Proof sovereign for close to melt,...
That's the risk you take with "safe investments." At least in recent years they have been paying interest well above the current market.
I thought that we already had a constitutional amendment that allowed the income tax. Perhaps I missed the memo.
That reminds me of the line from lyrics from the song "Mack the Knife" in "Three Penny Opera." "The rich always win back what they pay." I'm not...
The lower velocity of money rate (the number of times a dollar is spent in a year to put it simply.) is the reason why we have not been drowned...
That was what people thought in the late 19th century. I guess I have to take the 5th Amendment here. Things will get too political.
Here is "details coin" of all details coins for the 1792 half disme. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, I used to keep up with them, but now I have given up. Like the old days (1892 to 1954), some of them should never have been issued because...
You can't pull people out of their time and expect them to conform to your standards. What you can do is learn from the missteps they made and...
Why don't the use image of her on the OP? That is much more attractive than the one I have seen on the mock-ups of the bill.
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