I agree with Mike, Doug, Jim, and others here giving good advice OP. "Coins as an investment" is perpetuated by DEALERS. They have a distinct,...
I agree silver is historically more volatile. Unfortunately volatility cuts both ways. I do not think gold possibly having more downside...
Does that work subsurface? Detect plating?
Lol, you don't know Thai women. They seem all born with the ability to spot knockoffs a mile away, (unfortunately for me). :(
Or a coin show. I came home with two eagles, some other coins, and a slightly po'ed wife last weeke d. Or worst than being po'ed, she starts...
Cool pickup Doug. Maybe this fall I will get back into ancients more.
Best bet I know is to studies coins. :) That is the huge advantage of buying a coin versus a bar. You can check specs which need to exactly match.
You forgot about double eagles, eagles, half eagles, and quarter eagles Tim.
I have to disagree. While most of my coins are ancients, I strongly disagree nothing new can be learned about more modern coins. In every field...
Cool man. I love the reverse as well. I have never seen one.
I think you are stressing too much. At your age you should be collecting knowledge, and not worrying about buying gold Tim. I will bet anyone that...
If you like the look and feel of coins, why not buy real US gold? That is what I did, buying a real St Gaudens instead of a AGE. If you "collect"...
Decent coins go in flips, junk goes in tubes or bags. Tubes are handy, but only for things like US coins. A lot of my stuff is world or ancient,...
Yeah. It makes me sad everytime I see a hole. I was metal detecting when I was younger with my neighbor. We found, (we promised to split all...
I think it goes to show others how unreliable both the ring test and magnetic tests are. Yes, failing them can prove they are counterfeits....
I think some of us have coins like this simply accidentally. I know I have a large capped bust quarter with a hole and a bend in it that would...
I historically have only bought silver. However, I am moving more into gold. I just bought two eagles last weekend, and bought a double eagle a...
Cool pickup. Always buy hoards when you can is my motto. Right now I am buying a lot of those Palembang tin pitis from the hoard discovered in...
My guess would be one coin had verdigris and you put all of the coins near it. Verdigris will spread. Get some Verdicare from Badthad, and after...
Btw, I am hearing other dealers are now refusing MN shipments as well. If you are a MN collector and am not screaming at your state rep, state...
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