Yeah, you never really know what is under toning. I have personally removed some very dark toning before, (many times in an attempt to save the...
This post is exactly what I hear. That is why I am frozen by being cheap. Given what I hear people get when they sell, it's hard for me to stomach...
My MIL only speaks Thai, and I do not understand her most of the time. Perfect combination, we get along great!
Fair enough. I didn't want to argue about your use without saying what mine was. Here is a pic of the 1844 O from PCGS. I used to collect the...
I thought I knew a lot of new phrases, but had never run into that one. I thought he was saying MILF and left off the F. Acronyms are a funny...
I guess I am more strict when I call something a "variety" versus an "error" like the 55 DDO. Under my definition, I like the raised mound buffalo...
I guess I am old. What is a "MIL"
Very nice quote from my favorite President, Thomas Jefferson. I hope the world can forgive his misguided twisting of John Locke's wonderful "Life,...
A little honest wear, just like I like most of my coins. :)
Worst I ever heard of came from a casino. My sister relayed the story to me, (she was able to buy a few). A lady came in with hundreds of dollars...
I once saw a 1907 high relief that the owner had taken a wire wheel buffer to half an hour before he brought it into the coin shop. BU/AU before,...
Too well done for some. :( I have bought stuff on whims just getting caught up in the auction "frenzy" sometimes. But, I have the opposite issue,...
Ancients or modern coins? If ancients, my advice is DON'T! They enforce very strongly their laws against ownership of ancient coins. Kerry...
Same as stocks man. Everyone wants to chase what is hot. I posted here the last few years I have been buying while boring, and waiting for the...
Yeah, but if you like the theme, they can all be replicated in silver or copper I believe. Maybe not same designs, but still. Last rulers of a...
Sounds like me OP. I pined for these for years as documented on this site, now own I believe 5 besides my avatar, as well as the rare tet and a...
To answer the OPs post, I can't see the future. If I find a bullion piece I like, I buy it. The last "real money" I put into PM was APE I bought...
I am the same sir. I have continued to think about it over the years, especially now since I could now easily afford it, but the 30 day contacts...
Dude, I wonder how many of us like this are coin collectors? I usually wear 30 day contacts, but when I want to "coin geek" I take them out and...
nvm, Barry answered it. What I was seeing were plastic prongs. I hate slabs...
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