No, they only SELL them for that. :(
Depends on the coin. An ugly toned unc? Watered down dip. Dirty coin? Acetone bath. Verdigris? Verdicare. If it's an ancient with lots of...
Looks to me to be an item barely above junk silver, barely. I also would not pay that price, thinking you could get the same coin out of a barber...
Btw Paddy, don't you mean the closure of TWO mints as well as the capture of another? I agree it was an extremely important decade for US...
I liked the story how they were created. Wasn't it a female art student who came up with the idea in a national contest? Brilliant. OTOH there...
My goals might be organize a little more and pay a little more attention to what I own. Aww, who am I kidding.
I clean them all of the time, but I leared how to do it properly so it's not improper cleaning. I agree new people should never try to clean until...
That rule is as old as the hills. I ignore it at will if I just want a coin for my own satisfaction. For "investing" it makes sense, but I only...
I agree, especially the weight. Its surprising how gosh dang HEAVY your stash will get in a very short time.
Yeah, an old slab box. They are pretty sturdy and can store a ton of silver. Most dealers will have some laying around, or Ebay. Heck, if you...
All of them play the same game IMHO. Every year they predict a huge upsurge in prices, (say what their suckers, er subscribers want to hear), then...
I agree. Honestly, a used plastic box like old NGC and PCGS boxes work pretty well and won't hurt the coins. If someone wanted one to "look cool"...
Let's see, December purchases, (my presents to myself), consisted of 8 artuqid bronzes, a gold solidus of Justin, and a few sogdian coins. Kind of...
Same reason, people will pay to be "first", and manufacturers and mints will bend rules to be able to sell them as "firsts". Years ago you could...
Nice. I think the only 19th century 5 Franc I own is a gold one.
I agree that I thinks its really lame that the other mints release their coins early. WTF is the point of a date on a coin when you have no idea...
Depends on what you mean. A ton of "greek" coins are not ethnically greek, in fact were enemies of the greeks. If you mean, "I prefer 600-200BC...
Heck, these posters were downright common around here a couple of use years ago. The sad thing is today, when they should be buying, I am betting...
Exactly, they appear to me to be error coins, not new varieties. So, if there are those who wish to spend money on defective coins, that is their...
Looking at the series, it appears the big driver is the "light satin" designation. The TPG's have determined this is some kind of rare variant of...
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