It's helped me with some aspects and hurt me on others. For instance I'm able to buy older copper for reasonable prices and have made great...
Guess it depends on your pension plan. I'll be like Seasnake in that I'll actually make and have access to much more money when retired than I...
They're still around. But, for the most part there haven't been many posts interesting enough for them, I think. I noticed this trend when bullion...
I sure hope not! If I saw one that color in person I would have to assume it had been cleaned and attempted to be re-colored...poorly. The color...
There are ways of removing lamination. The only drawback is it will also remove the ink on the note in the process. Guy
I'm just a collector of history, and coins are but a piece of the history I collect. I save my investing for things that actually make me a steady...
Be prepared. It seems every coin collector I know who has gained employment in a coin shop has withing a year given up on coin collecting. Clembo...
Even if it's real, it's not worth the $250 asking price. That thing looks like it's been run over by a train, a steam roller and a twenty mule...
I think the scariest thing is I never knew Taylor Swift was a Chinese counterfeiter! This won't help her next album at all!! Guy
No TPG holder is airtight. Aside from that I prefer NGC just because they look better. Guy
Ok, I'll play: 1910-S Barber dime in VG.
Thats interesting. I've actually contemplated doing something like a community currency for my town as a way to advertise the area. It's been done...
Great write-up, Mike!
If they do that, imrich, what incentive will these places have to even carry ASE's? If they can't make a profit, they're just wasting their time....
I tend to buy in bulk as well. I'll get a supply of two by two's and currency holders and such things to last me several years at a time. Things...
If retailers should be restricted, as some here believe, to a set price for ASE's, then it would only be fair, if you then, the consumer, would...
I love when people dump their "junk" silver! I usually get well over melt for what they didn't want. Not by selling individual coins, but for...
I think you'll find most people don't view their collecting as possible investments. I'm not sure the short set in that particular series will...
Well, there has been quite literally libraries written about coin collecting. I'm sure with all the knowledge collected in this forum we can help...
Look how shiny the edge is. It's been buffed away is all.
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