By "sealed boxes", I hope you mean the cardboard boxes the slabs came in were opened and not the slabs themselves. You can and should have the...
Most 1885-CC's in MS64 go for slightly less than $835 at auction, but it's not a bad price. I'm assuming PCGS or NGC. If it has a green sticker...
I've done this several times on initial auction wins that were a little under $1500. One thing it's done is allowed (forced?) me to collect...
If you live in Calif. and buy from Heritage, Stacks or Great Collections, you get no choice on sales tax. If the invoice is under $1500, the...
Yeah, that's what I meant. Cal
The sales tax, if charged, can be tricky. For example, if you live in Calif. and the invoice total (for however many coins) is $1500 or more,...
I'm guessing that many coins that sit unsold for months on eBay and elsewhere are consigned coins rather than dealer-owned coins. In many cases,...
I'm firmly in the dunno camp at present. However, if it was done deliberately, it could have been done a fairly low risk manner depending on...
That would be an interesting ethical dilemma. Would most dealers or pawn shop owners tell the customer what they really have or just offer them a...
Back when I collected ancient Greek coins, I would measure dimensions, weigh them, and determine specific gravity. Never have done it on US...
I wonder how it was discovered. Perhaps it was made to order. I don't think it could be detected with human senses. Is it likely that someone...
I was there last September and really enjoyed it. Not all the neat coins are in the "vault room". There are coins associated with a number of...
Well, once they've discovered that the silver bar is fake, some folks may be mad enough to call the police first rather than go back to the seller...
They're just playing the odds on the Morgans. Sometimes they will get burned; mostly they won't I guess. Averages out to a win if they're paying...
If he was getting fake Morgans at $2 each, then they couldn't have had much, if any, silver in them. Some pawn shops might be fooled by fake...
It's not that hard to get a concealed carry permit in Calif. Go to a police or sheriff station in one of the less populated counties, have a...
For any coin series, you now have to choose PCGS or NGC if you want to be in a registry. A few years ago, my collection was a mix of PCGS and...
I'm not sure if it's struck or cast. However, casting molds can crack similarly to dies. Cal
As many probably guessed, the coin is a pattern: Judd-1616, 1879 Morgan dollar in copper. Sold at auction by Heritage in Jul 2016. Then in PCGS...
Here's the current pop data: PCGS: BN: 61:1; 64: 1 RB: 61: 1; 65:3; 66:4 RD: 66:2 NGC: BN: 0 RB: 64:1, 65: 2; 66:1 RD: 66:1 There were a couple...
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