Just noticed that the Morgan pattern is up for auction by Heritage, April 3, lot 3175. Go ahead and bid; I won't be competing. Cal
The florin coin pictured below is up for auction by Galleria in Japan. It’s part of series of beautiful patterns designed by Wyon and produced...
This gold Irish coin depicts the Book of Kells on the obverse along with a monkish scribe. There is an Irish harp on the reverse. The coin is...
You know why. One of mine pictured below is a 2013 commem for JFK. Cal [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Rarity often depends on the qualifications tossed into the description. Take pre-2000 Morgan dollars. Hundreds of millions were minted, and...
Nice find! Possible someone reburied a group of ancient coins after 1781 and included the Kreutzer. Banks weren't that much more stable in the...
I almost never buy raw coins. Until recently, I sometimes bought a newly minted coin in mint packaging. But I’m over that now and buy only...
There are 32 troy oz in a kg, and current price I have is $2,918 per oz. So, 32 x 5 x 2918 = $ 466,880 melt. Current bid is $420,000 times 1.2 =...
Here’s your chance to acquire totally artificial, very expensive rarities. The Royal Mint and Stack’s Bowers are auctioning a single 5-kg gold...
Nice story! You certainly took the long, hot (but scenic!) route from LV to SF. The bear is a California grizzly bear, which was exterminated...
Welcome to cointalk. Nice 2½. Some folks like gold shiny. Some like it with orange crustiness (due to the copper content oxidizing). I have a...
Nice coin! The Arkansas commemorative series is one of the best examples of how demand and price are sometimes not related to rarity. The...
The following link gives info about IOM nobles for 2017 except for info on any plating. Cal...
The West Coast is underrepresented with big shows. The only regular ones were the Long Beach shows. ANA occasionally has one of their shows...
The single biggest expense for the show has probably been renting space at the Convention Center. Could be that cost has gone up a lot. If a...
Saw an announcement in Coin World that the only Long Beach show this year will be the one this month. Used to be 3 times per year. The show is...
Thanks Dan. Not surprising, but you know way more about die production and prep than I could ever learn. Cal
Hi Dan, Could the obverse dies have been produced from the same hub in Philadelphia and then shipped to Carson City and San Francisco? But maybe...
Nice pair of trade dollars!! I don't think precision grading can be done from photos, but these appear to have a slight bit of wear. I like the...
I did a PCGS express order last month. Took them 3 weeks. Cal Edit: Sorry, did not notice at first that you were asking about economy.
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