Some people will hold onto something for 30 years waiting for the market to move $5 so they won't take a loss.
No problem. Not everyone is as enthused about interesting low grade or low value coins as I am. I've got 7 1800s and 6 1801s before I get to my...
I have been Photographing my collection so I can keep the coins at the bank and still have access to them (sort of) at home. I came across this...
I know... I was there.
FORTRAN... COBAL... BASIC... Computer Punch Cards... TI 16... Atari... Comador 64 Some of us old codgers are pretty computer savvy... and then...
Remember when you could get Coinage or Coins at the news stand. For that matter, remember when there were news stands?
I'm amusing myself at the recollection of being the "old coin expert" in my neighborhood as a 10 year old when one of the kids swore to me she had...
I hear ya.
And this is what I love about CoinTalk. I've been collecting off and on for 45 years and still find out new things on here. I knew about the...
I think the same thought has crossed the minds of collectors since the 1840"S when collecting US Coins had it's first growth. I tend to thing the...
Brilliant is a puffery word with little meaning. Any coin over F-15 is Brilliant to some people. Uncirculated USED to have some meaning, but it...
I suppose I was suspicious just because of the dark circle surrounding the Mint Mark and the Mint Mark being rather strong compared to the wear on...
There is also a good business reason for TPGs. Whether YOU need them as a collector or not, the market size increases with TPG. With the TPG, you...
Is this interesting or not? It is a S-197 (not playing attribution today) with problems. It appears to me to be primarily Planchet related...
If your logic was to buy the lowest numismatic value per ounce, why not the 1/2 ounce at $2400 per oz.?
I just hate letting a great number go to waste.
At this point, this is the descending scale of non standard coining from what I can gather. 1. Reingraving/Repunched Detail - This is not...
You have that right. In my case, I wouldn't trust my own opinion as a Seller (I shudder at the thought). Try as I might to be objective, the...
Agreed.
Reputation of the Grader/Seller, good or bad or lack thereof, has a definite affect on the value apart from the coin itself. For example: If I...
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