This might true for a very small segment of the rare coin market, but on a whole I would have to disagree. Most who can afford rare coins to begin...
Well, we used to have a shop that was half coin shop, half bead shop. Surprisingly, it was the only coin shop my wife looked forward to visiting...
Yeah, I gotta agree. As far as collecting hobbies go, coins is pretty mild as things go. Like with Carl's example of the house of cutlery. I've...
Thanks, Dave. Message sent. And I have to back you up on that, I've never been charges tax in CA from APMEX. I wouldn't say that. I believe it to...
I think that about says it all. Clembo knows I stand behind him on this one, so no need to elaborate. As far as where would the coin hobby be...
I've never had an experience with a rude coin dealer in person...yet. I've been to hundreds of shops all over the country, so I guess I've been...
I like both coins and paper. Coins are somewhat easier to collect, as they are much easier to find and usually cheaper. I do buy some paper on...
I used to buy from them a lot. That is until they only sent half an order the last time and wouldn't either send the other half, which they said...
When I'm in the mood for cheap and interesting I usually browse the tons of ancients for sale here: http://www.vcoins.com/ I'm always amazed at...
Ok, ok, I'll go again. I haven't really had this one long enough to know if it's one of my favorites or not, but it is one of the better toned...
Copper, like scrap metal, has millions of uses, unlike gold and silver, which have a very limited specific use. I think what is missed here is the...
My wife lived in kane for 20 years. Small world. Anyways I don't even look up what my coins are worth because it doesn't interest me unless I'm...
I kind of agree with Cloud....You'd have to have a literal mountain of it. I do know it's fun to own a few bars of copper just to show to friends,...
Thats a tough one....I love all my coins. But, I do have a certain weakness for this one: [IMG] I have three more DB half cents, but that is my...
Never had that problem. Of course, I've never been into a shop yet that didn't also have an Ebay store, so maybe thats the difference. Guy~
I don't know about glass, but I know steel decays faster than brick. I know at work (railroad) they have to replace steel rail every three years...
Really? There are hundreds of ghost towns within a 100 mile drive of my house, most only abandoned in the early 1900's after the gold, silver and...
Surely you're joking lehigh. Price is no indication of rarity as any knowledgeable collector knows. Not to mention learning is often obtained...
Well, I have quite a few coins that are rare, but none that I've paid $500 dollars for. Rare and price aren't always associated with one another....
It's a hard rock mine. It's been shuttered for a while as it hasn't been profitable to re-open, but they do keep a skeleton crew to keep things...
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