It's called advertising, and it has a purpose as does all advertising. I'm reluctant to ask this, but how much advertising do you usually believe ?
It's both. There are so many variables involved it boggles the mind.
You can lead a horse to water ........................
That's not an uncommon problem, and the same problem exists with US coins from the same time period. Back then most collectors would get out a rag...
It was not so long ago that it was hard to find US dealers who were selling modern US coins, in fact it still is difficult. Yes you can easily...
When it comes to common world coins in lower grades or problem examples it can be difficult to find pricing information. For example, this is one...
OK, I assume you mean the Swiss 1/2 franc, not really an example I can do much with unfortunately. But as an example of what I wanted to show you...
Fixed that whoops for you ;) May I ask, what coin is it exactly ?
Yeah, but usually the only thing they are offering are bullion coins. But since you mention it, I can recall seeing a few Proof sets offered as...
That right there is the entire issue in one short sentence. But as you can see from the responses in this thread you are most definitely not alone...
Unless you are talking about bullion coins, none of them. I have been to many, many coin shows, large and small and from coast to coast. And I...
Let me ask you, what source specifically are you using to determine what the Book value is, and what source specifically are you using to...
If you look up the definition of the word, they are the same thing. nu·mis·ma·tist [noo-miz-muh-tist, -mis-, nyoo-] noun 1. a specialist in...
Select highest and the cleaned examples will all be at the end of the list.
Ahhhh - yeah forgot about that. Never thought of it as being the FAQ because we did have an actual FAQ before the switch. I always think of that...
Yeah, once your search page has opened with the results, in the blue bar at the top on the right hand side it says - Sort Results By. Just place...
The only thing the FAQ is for, is so members can see how to do things on CT. The FAQ has nothing to do with coins whatsoever. edit - hmmm, ya...
Some are facing left, Lincoln is facing right - but all are facing.
Your right, your rant is a familiar one. I think the first time it was expressed was in 1986, it's been happening on a regular basis ever since...
I'm not sure what you mean exactly, especially the part about driving to Buffalo. If you are asking me what specific dealer you should go to,...
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