With emphasis on the "maybe". True, the coin is not necessarily a net VF. There's no telling what it is. It depends on the severity of the problem...
LOL The online, live action bidding software was iCollector. That was the extra 5%.
I strongly encourage you to contact the Goldbergs and get a copy of the auction catalog. Very educational. Great reference work.
EF45 is not "the grade". The coin exhibits the same amount of detail as a problem-free EF45 coin. Since it is scratched, it will net grade lower...
I'll be taking a long look at that. Catalog due out soon.
Oh, how I wish !!! There will be many great folks out there I'll miss seeing. Old friends and new. Charmy, Jack, Rick, Raul... y'all tear it up...
But for Americans, on American coinage, it was a very new concept. Almost all agree it was the best for the times. I saw a French 100 francs...
Wow. History making. Ya know what strikes me about that video ? How calm and cool Ira Goldberg was calling that coin. He had to know the...
You do realize that all Indian Head proof $2.5s were matte proofs, right ? There are none brilliant. The difference is like night and day, even...
He's not saying to actually throw it away, you understand... :D
Whew ! So much for the "gloom and doom" types who bad-mouth the coin market. Great coins have brought great prices, even during the worst of the...
Congrats are in order... a magnificent coin ! Just glorious. For those new to copper ... occasionally, you'll hear the term "hard surfaces". This...
You are correct in one regard - researching the past price history of their respective grading is a very smart thing. In fact, it's mandatory....
This is hugely important. Huge huge huge.
I've made money off coins, but not using the investor mindset / analysis which BNB advocates. He is doing research per commodity thinking. Yes,...
Yeah, I get that a lot. But isn't this getting rather personal ? :D
And a lot more beautiful too. Not too far from Lake Tahoe, which is quite a spectacle.
I was thinking the same thing ! Since several unique coins were up, the only guy who has any hope of a complete collection had to score all the...
I'm waiting ! Shouldn't be long ! Got 4 draped bustie beauties on the way...
One of the fallacies in the investment thinking is treating rare coins like a commodity. They are not. Treating rare coins as a commodity...
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