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If you go to a local coin shop, you can buy ASEs for less than the collector version on the Mint website. The shop can also sell you an airtite...
For kids, I think the one ounce American Silver Eagle might be the best. It's far more beautiful in design and very popular. The price may be...
That term bothers me too because it has elitist overtones. The implication is that some collections are "better" than others instead of more...
No doubt some have been burned if they though they could flip them for a quick profit. But I think many others probably just wanted to own...
There are folks out there who enjoy collecting MS70 [for example] sets of ASEs. Some come back as 69s. They are recent issues. So are clad...
I'm not sure that there is always someone better in many fields. Once a certain point is reached, everyone has about the same level of knowledge...
If you have a source for this, please share it. If you are just sitting their dreaming up things to worry about, there are people who specialize...
I disagree. We pay them for authenticating the coin, issuing an opinion on the grade, and providing the plastic slab. Regarding what it will be...
This is one of those old sayings that belong on the garbage heap in a world of continuous inflation. I suppose someone out there missed the rise...
I think the coin market has characteristics similar to the real estate market, where every property [coin] is at least a little different from the...
Post a photo of the half penny if you can. You didn't lose money. You just made a tuition payment to coin school.
I just don't think you should go out of your way to be politically offensive. Other than that, you can do what makes you happy.
It is true that gold isn't a buy-and-forget investment, but then again, nothing else is either. Gold has just about quadrupled this decade, which...
That's a good one. It isn't easy to know where the line is between contact marks and damage.
It's a great coin, just not for the money.
mystery45, I think you are too paranoid and perhaps overly-influenced by a few gold-bug internet articles. This isn't 1933 and we no longer have...
I think that whenever you decide to purchase something other than AGEs and ASEs, you run into additional expenses and potential difficulty...
It used to be spotting a cleaning. But I've worked on that to the point where now I worry that I won't spot counterfeits if they are reasonably...
The coin market in general and Ebay in particular is the Wild West of business. It is what it is and there's no use getting upset about it. You...
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