Fair enough sir and I thank you for your knowledgable post.
Both answers above are good ones, but I would lean towards Frank's answer of them being quarters someone was going to make rings out of and got...
Many Swiss and German banks had numismatic arms in the past, (think Bank Leu), but nearly all have been spun off into separate companies. The...
Most charts like that, however, are EXTREMELY weighted towards high grade rarities. Yes, there are some commoner coins on them, but you have one...
Way too much money floating around right now and way too little places to put it. Once bond markets around the world start paying 5% again I see...
My first point was that something higher than MS70 might be coming down the pike. Let's ignore the possibility of an MS71. Are you going to argue...
Its a long term play. Now that prices are realistic inflation adjusted I am buying again and am happy to be able to. I am switching more to gold...
Did introducing the MS64 grade create "business suicide"? How about + or * designations? Were they "business suicide"? Both are examples of adding...
MCM was the last company that stood for ethics amongst the entire hobby? Man, you must know a ton of crappy dealers. Not saying anything bad...
Sir, back in the day there were no such things as MS64. So coins were either 63 or 65. Was it a dumb move back then to cherrypick the better 63's...
Ok, exact same scenario. They come out with a 70+ or 70* designation. Has one word that I said change? No. Every single thing I said that could...
Please show me a coin in the past few years graded MS60, which used to be a relatively common grade. Please explain to me why people spent 15...
Why is that? They sure didn't regrade for free the other times they fundamentally changed their grading systems. Why do you believe they would...
On a semi serious note, one of the truly great things about coin collecting is how you can let your inner hoarder out and not take over a house....
Holy crap. When we were discussing the lot, the bid price was around $150.
...and tomorrow and the day after that is not looking too bright either. :D
So I was just reading an article in the latest Numismatist. In there, the authors were laying the foundation for how they believe the TPG's will...
That 1860, if fake, is very convincing in that old time 2x2. I would have assumed its real especially given the packaging. Of course the colonial...
Oh yeah, big time. Only once have I sold coins, and that was from a group lot I bought with my wife and she made me promise to sell some. Other...
Sycee is an interesting nominee, but the problem is they were mainly made by private firms from my understanding. However, I would say Spanish new...
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