[ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] I dunno if it's spectacular or not, but that's a great looking coin. I've been shopping for a nice looking, yet...
"just buy them slabbed already and let someone else do the bleeding."-- It's funny b/c on some other coin forums/sites, newbies with sort of...
Sorry, double post, don't know why.....
For me now: real estate 33% (in my own decrepit, yet paid-off house, i.e. no mortgage) U.S. stocks 25%; Foreign Stocks...
Nice--I'm not even into Lincoln cents much anymore, but that one is very pretty; I'd sure own it. The toning on the Morgan $ is beautiful IMO.
I was just thinking about TPG's before I saw your post--what a brilliant racket it is, & how NGC & PCGS have come to almost control the rare coin...
[ATTACH][ATTACH]Those are all "unopened" envelopes, so you've never seen the coins? I own proof sets b/c I like the coins. Or for the silver...
I like that San Deigo half. Here's a 1937 Texas Half NGC MS65 that I bought almost on a whim, altho I've been dabbling in gold & silver commems...
Right now it's up to $277 on fee-bay. The seller described it as a "Great Civil War Date"(?). I just bought one of these in an NCG slab, MS62;...
Well, yeah, don't blow big $$ on coins you don't even want. I'm a big US gold fan (pre-1933). Right now I'm shopping for one or 2 $5 gold Indians...
Have you looked at charts of what silver did in the late 1970's, going from $4 or $5, to $48 I think, & then back to $5? There are still people...
What coin books do you have? A recent Redbook? The Whitman/Bowers books on Morgan dollars, $20 Gold coins, & US Type coins? You should get all 4...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] If you figure it out, would you let me know please? :( Here's a 1926 Sesqui $2.5 gold graded NGC MS62 I got today in the mail....
[ATTACH][ATTACH] Thanks! It's raw; when I bought it the prices were so low on common-date sovereigns I didn't worry about (not) buying slabbed...
Nice! I almost bought a 1911-C last week, but I can't get used to the sticker shock now of gold sovereigns (or most gold coins). However, I'm now...
I did see that big %-age move in the 5-year. I'm wondering if it isn't far more likely to have big %-age moves in T-bond prices & yields when...
An "Epic Bond Rout"? When the 5 year Treasury moves all the way up to a staggering 1.82%? This guy must not have seen many Bond Routs. BTW, I...
[ATTACH]Some common-date 1950's & 60's Unc Franklin Halves I bought a few years ago on fee-bay, average cost between $5-$6 each. Mostly all diff....
If you listen to some of the people on some G&S forums, it's b/c: "All paper money is worthless, & is not even real money". Therefore, the only...
Questions: Do you know for sure how PCGS handles chopmarked trade $$? Do they not consider the chopmarks damage, or "altered surfaces"? And would...
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