No it's not from a philosophical standpoint, it's from a practical standpoint - it's reality. If you buy a coin lot for $100, and let's say...
What do you want - a nice coin, or a nice price ? And no don't tell me that you want a nice coin at a nice price. There is no free lunch in...
It had nothing to do with the revolution. The French had a centuries long habit of using pre-existing coins as planchets for new coins.
Honestly, that's what I would recommend. Gold is different than silver & copper, the chemicals won't affect gold like they would silver & copper....
How often are the TPGs wrong ? That depends on what you are asking if they are wrong about. - is a coin genuine ? Not wrong very often. - is...
They are worth it when you can get them for face value. Other than that, I'd forget it. If you want silver as a hedge, then buy silver bullion...
Not saying that's exactly what it is though Matt, just that it is listed. The coin is so worn there's no way to tell what it is that I can see....
The coin you posted in post #39 does look like it has been cleaned, but not harshly cleaned. The coin you posted in post #40 does not look like...
KM 645.1 is listed as an Un Decime struck over a 2 Decime.
Neither good nor bad, but likely a fair deal. In other words you paid what they were worth. I say that because both coins are labeled as RD, but...
My opinion - 63.
No, the line isn't blurry at all, it is quite distinct. But some people want it to be blurry so they can fool themselves into thinking they are...
Yup, immensely ;) But unlike way too many, I never bought a single coin with the idea of selling later and expecting to make money. I collected...
It's a matter of definitions. There is a huge difference between being a collector and dealer. And there is a huge difference between buying a...
Would you say I know coins Duke ? I sold two entire collections in my lifetime - lost money on both of them. Why ? Because there's more to it...
Older price guides - how much older ? Looking at the market as a whole, if you bought coins between 1986 and now, and still held them, then about...
Best advice I can give you - quit looking for deals or bargains. Instead concentrate your efforts on studying the market and look for fair prices...
Precisely. Nuglet, do you realize that if you were take a slabbed ASE graded 70 into a dealer and try to sell it to him that all he is going to...
If a coin is in a slab that says Cleaned then the coin has been harshly cleaned. The TPG's just use the 1 word because of space restrictions on...
OK, but why would verdigris being on the coin (there are little specks of it all over the coin by the way) make you think it had been cleaned ?...
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