I would just say in HSN's defense that they really aren't marketing to folks like those who populate Cointalk. They operate with a high markup;...
I think you should at least keep the silver. If you have lost interest, sell the others and buy something you like better [and made of silver].
My advice would be (1) don't do it until the weather permits you to conduct the process outside, (2) don't do it alone, and finally (3) keep in...
So how long is it going to take to figure out how the new PCI rates compared to the old PCI, and to other grading companies?
Take a look at alaskacoinexchange.com for circulated morgans. It might have what you are looking for. I've bought from them with good results....
Silver prices are high, but they aren't as high as they look, and in hindsight they might even turn out to be low. My opinion for some time has...
I'm sure there is a chemical reason not to use rubber gloves that someone can provide. Personally, I just use clean hands. Cotton gloves make...
Thanks, but your definition is probably more accurate.
People waste enormous amounts of money every day on all sorts of worthless trinkets, and I normally just take the attitude that buyers should be...
Ben, It becomes an accumulation when your wife tells you you've done too much collecting.
They are older. The Morgan design is preferred by most people [or so it seems]. They tone much nicer. The strike is better. A lot of morgans...
If all of anything comes on the market at the same time, the price will go down. This isn't new information, and it isn't likely to happen...
I think the coin is probably AU, and you paid about the right price for an AU coin. If it has been dipped in the past, it probably hasn't hurt...
I certainly look for bargains on things I think are underpriced, but that really isn't cherrypicking. It's really amazing how prices have soared...
I can't really tell from the photos whether or not the damage is severe. Assuming it is, you may want to "repair" the damage. I know it is...
I rate the probability of that happening about the same as the probability that the Fed will call me up and ask if I want any free gold samples....
Buy a Redbook and make sure you know what you are selling in advance so you can properly describe it along with very good close up pictures. Bad...
I think I would have kept the morgans and washingtons, but that's just me and I would never recommend that anybody do what I do.
What I get from this thread [all things being equal and in full recognition that one should buy the coin and not the slab] is that if you are...
SteveG, We're probably in a recession right now. Most of the time, recessions don't show up in the government statistics until they are...
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