I'm not a member of a coin club. Coin Talk is my coin club. But I believe the secret weapon to make a coin club successful is to get the wives...
Quality at a discount. My favorite combination. Nice coin!
Presently, physical silver is generally selling for more than spot in auction markets with multiple buyers and sellers [like Ebay], although a...
You are correct that nobody knows. Personally, I expect things to get bad enough to make coins extremely valuable, but not so bad that the coins...
I frequently see coin jewelry in antique shops, particularly morgans and mercury dimes. However, the pieces usually cost more than the same...
Rhoggman, nobody can really protect themselves or their coins from that sort of situation. My father and uncle both told me that after World War...
I haven't seen anything posted here that would make the above statement untrue. It's all arguing over the tree and missing the forest, point...
If the price bothers you that much, you're probably collecting the wrong thing. Maybe you need to rethink the type set because you don't sound...
I don't like the gold buffalos. I like the AGEs, the gold commemoratives from the 80s, and the $20 gold liberties. I don't like the $20 saints...
I agree completely. AU is my favorite grade. Great photos and comparisons.
Maybe they would have thought differently if they had seen what passes for coin design today.
Some people collect perfection. Some collect uniqueness. The hobby is far richer than most suspect.
I wouldn't be able to stand owning coins that I couldn't see.
Look for the branch in the area with the fewest customers. If the employees aren't busy, they are more likely to have the time to assist you.
I agree with the majority. It doesn't look like a particularly nice MS64 to me.
Maybe they think that if the coins are badly designed, noboby will mind when they eliminate the cent.
Whatevrworks, welcome to Coin Talk. The battle against toning never ends, but keep in mind that in the long run, toning is likely to win.
The Coinage Act of 1792 defined a "dollar" as 371.25 grains of fine silver. So the intrinsic value of the dollar equalled the face value since...
Yes, there is a tremendous amount of history in a well-circulated Morgan that just can't be duplicated by an uncirculated coin. Such feelings...
I would counter that Gresham's law is only a natural response by people to government fraud throughout history. Whenever a government debases the...
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