Well - how he sells on ebay does not bother me - several do worse than that. But I am a little more patient before moving on. Sometimes my local...
Nothing wrong with having ideas and exploring them. The problem is this does not sound cost effective and your dealers could possibly end up...
The large cent is too hard to grade with those pictures, but I would guess to start with XF, but from the looks of the color and possible...
If I was her I would take the 1836 to a dealer just to verify it was real. I could see someone being told it was fake and just dumping it on the...
Well looks like they still have one auction up:...
Too me it looks like the lighting was just different. In the first the untoned area it looks like glare and in the second it looks like frost....
I agree with RLM - it is good advice. Of course we might disagree on what is junk, but overall your best value is with graded coins. And the...
Nice looking set. Great job.
Depends - certain keys like some of the 1793 cents I would recommend buying from a knowledgeable dealer or certified. OOOPs I assumed when you...
LOL - gold is better than diamonds. Or call me son and you can buy me gold. :) Just kidding. My local dealer treats YN's very good and he...
I also believe the default buyers protection tends to make people a little dumber - like bidding on a coin with completely bad pictures. Lots of...
Well I got lucky - because after I read that I stopped going on because of the single leaves. Actually I did not even read all of the S-74 and...
Did not read the whole thread. I do not see any ethical dilemma with collecting these type things. I find the collecting of some things, not...
Lots of good advice and I wish the best of luck. The one thing I will mention is cultivating friendships at the coinshows and other dealers. Then...
Yeah - but for 5 bucks I might get it for the blue book. I don't remember a starter kit, but then again we never went to coin stores.
Well with it being lettered edge it narrowed it down to 73,74,75,76. The the first line of top of 5 buried in the bust makes it a S-74.
I bumped it one for semikey date. And then just want to say good luck with everything.
Not being an expert, but I kind of agree it was dipped and then toned afterwards. Now how the toning afterwards came could be from an album it...
That is so true. I remember when Mark Feld made that one post and mentioned selling. At that time I said I don't think it is necessary, boy...
Not sure I get that one. I have no problem letting pieces of my collection go to upgrade. Once someone owns the coin they can do with it what...
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