No he doesn't, at least not when he's sitting next you :D :p I started collecting in 1960. I stopped collecting in 2006. But I still study and...
Honestly, about the only way you would ever know is to have someone who knows coins look at them in person and tell you. You can read a dozen...
I've been to a great many coin shows from the biggest to fairly small ones. And from what I have seen they are little different in most respects...
The grading cost for each coin can vary greatly. The cost depends on the grading tier you choose to submit it under, and on the value of the coin...
More than anything else, the color of the coins is determined by what they come into contact with, not what they are made of.
I sure hope you want your coins to tone rather rapidly. I also hope they tone in a way that pleases you. Odds are they won't.
And I'm not saying that it is only that. Merely that it is a part of it. If you actually knew me then you would be aware that that is not...
Zach - First of all you have to understand something. That is what it actually means when somebody says you can buy this or that at melt. You...
I believe that the idea of using TPGs, right along with the idea of buying and collecting slabbed coins, is catching on a lot more outside the US...
'Course not, the Mona Lisa isn't a coin. And do you know why ? Because that mud sealed out all of the air. The less air that can get to the...
There's lots and lots of Morgan Proofs. As explained, PL and DMPL are the result of being struck with fresh dies. 'Bout all there is to it.
The 1907 is a common date that even in MS condition is only valued as bullion. The 1915 is a re-strike also valued as bullion. The fact that both...
While using a picture to view a coin has the advantage of convenience it also has disadvantages. That being that a picture doesn't always show you...
All of this plays into the methods for proper coin storage. The methods I have described more times than I can count are the best you can do. But...
It's not a die cap. It is completely normal for these coins to be cup shaped because of the method used to strike them.
How would they ? How could they ? Nobody has any idea how many coins, and what coins, are melted every day because nobody keeps track of them. And...
Your wrong on that count. Thousands are melted every single day.
The range of differences between grades can vary greatly because there is a fairly wide range within each grade. And that is not even considering...
We'll see what Thad says. But, I think it is important to understand that the edges of slabs are not completely sealed together all the way...
riff - the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection. That is a law of physics. angle of incidence - is the light coming to the coin...
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