I have always believed that the Kennedy half dollar was the best looking circulation coin presently in existence.
Now everyone is going to turn their car upside-down and shake it.
This might be an acceptable method [although a soft tooth brush might be better] for circulated coins. But it probably ruins MS coins.
GX, Anyone with a huge amount of gold, say as much as there is in one futures contract, would probably store the gold in one of the Comex...
My money is tied up in staying alive.
One thing to keep in mind is that your sample might not be representative. If you had lived in Mexico, Zimbabwe, Turkey, Germany, Iceland or any...
Carl, you know the old saying. God made women beautiful so that men would be attracted to them, and God made women stupid so they would be...
That sounds about right except that even with stabilization, the price might never go down much below the low of last year ever again in the...
I would think that since you live in Canada, just about anyone you know might be willing to buy the coins for melt or a bit more if they are older.
Excellent summary! :thumb:
Shows, no question. There will be more variety and most likely more quality for the money.
It's sort of sad because there seems to be a pretty high probability that the coins were taken from someone elses collection. Well, at least they...
That would sort of violate the rules of the experiment. I was pretty sure I'd get interesting results from the cigar boxes and matchbox without...
Hmmmm. I didn't realize that circulated coins didn't retone as easily as MS coins tone. With this information I might have to find a warmer spot...
They are in an upstairs closet. The heat is gas - forced hot air from a very efficient new furnace. It's pretty humid in the summer except that...
Excel and a safe deposit box for the valuable stuff. Receipts are in a box with no detectable sorting method except that most of the older ones...
I said never, which might just mean I was fooled. How can anyone who responds "never" really be certain?
About a year ago I acquired three common date Morgan dollars at a coin show that had been dipped so they were white. All are about EF. Don't...
I think there is a middle ground between your view and jazzcoins'. Of course a dealer won't pay if the coin's condition doesn't justify the grade...
Presently, I appreciate slabbed coins much more than I used to. The positives completely outweigh the negatives in almost every way. Since I...
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