I agree. If the fake is in a slab, it will at least take a little more work for the owner to pass it off as real (if they are so inclined). And...
I checked on recent auction prices for a reasonably popular high-end coin. The coin is 1880-CC Morgan graded MS-66+ by PCGS (and no, I’ve never...
Doubt TPGs pay for prices realized data from any company. I believe some auction companies send data to TPGs free of charge. There is a bit of...
20% is standard for most U.S. auction houses now except for Great Collections which can be as low as 10% if you pay by check or direct bank...
Randy, Sell your small safe. Get the one pictured below, and you're set for life. [ATTACH]
Solution is to sell current safes one by one. Each time you sell go buy a bigger replacement safe. That way there will not be "one more safe."...
In Calif., purchases of PM's and coins of $2000 or more have no sales tax. It is the invoice total that counts. Multiple lesser value items can...
Interesting article in Coin Week (see link below) about silver refiners being at capacity, which ripples back to dealers not wanting to buy or...
Could have been an unauthorized "experiment" by a mint employee. Maybe thought, "I wonder how different a silver cent would look from a steel...
Great finds! Edge dents on the money clip may have been caused by a shovel. Digger probably thought they hit a rock and dug to the side ......
$2 bills are very common at racetracks. Most have $2 windows for win, place and show and other bets. Payouts after a race are often posted in...
If a business tried to charge me sales tax when none is due, I'd not go through with the transaction. Maybe contact them and try to fix the...
Yup, eBay and other out of state sellers, including coin dealers and auction houses, are required to collect state and local taxes based on the...
I think you called it right for the reason PCGS gave it a details grade. However, folks can argue all day (and will!) as to whether it was severe...
The few times I've had a coin come back from PCGS with a details grade or a grade much lower than expected, off it went to Great Collections....
Hard to know from the CoinWeek article exactly what NREX will do and how it will make money. Appears to be an added activity to DLRC (formerly...
Parthian coins aren't very artistic but many are well struck, like this one, with interesting legends and historically important. Really...
PCGS graded the one known coin as SP50. Because it's in a PCGS holder, some might consider it entombed. :) Mike
The quarter and half eagle aren’t outrageously expensive. But the other gold coins are way out there. Especially, the three-dollar coin. It’s...
Although my wife and I have visited a lot of British museums, below are pics from a few. The coins and apparatuses are some of the more...
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