First of all I'm not and never have been a coin dealer, but I did a little retail a long time ago. I've been very unimpressed by most of the coin...
First let me say that I'm not a dealer and I don't have any particular qualifications to grade, but it also looks AU-dipped to me. I'd like to...
Let us know the result.
If you like silver and its prospects, it would be a good buy. I prefer coin silver but Engelhard bars should be fairly easy to resell someday.
The easy ones that come to mind are oil rising from $2 in the 1970s. A lot of people probably thought that $4 per barrel was unsustainable, but...
I don't think it increases the value of the coin, but it helps to confirm the value of the coin -- and that adds value to the transaction. And of...
coleguy, the point was the recognition of what a top looks like, not the over-obvious result of buying at the wrong time. When gold tripled in...
It's a wonderful coin. I don't have good grading skills, but I have a couple of MS69 modern commems that look a tiny bit better by comparison....
I have to disagree. Of course, it is all my opinion, but the path of least resistance for gold and silver still seems to be up. I recall the...
I have to agree with Speedy on this. I've read a few things recently that make me think PCGS has some systemic business problems that put them in...
Hemi, don't buy the coin and don't use the dealer. Find a real coin dealer or buy third party graded coins from an internet dealer.
An experiment to try is to carry around a silver coin that you know has been cleaned. Over time, as a tiny bit of the surface is worn away from...
It's a pretty nice AU.
They will try just about anything to get people to use dollar coins. But unless/until they stop making $1 federal reserve notes and/or put a...
That would certainly apply to me as a casual collector. I've always thought there were two primary ways to "invest" in coins. One would be to...
It's a good question. I like the history, so I prefer older to newer coins, even if the older ones are more common. I also prefer US coins to...
I've always classified myself as 2/3 investor and 1/3 collector. I would add that it is important to know the melt value of each series. It's...
This is where I disagree, he wasn't contracted to remove valuables from the house. The article also said he ripped into some walls unrelated to...
I've also been treated badly in a couple of coin shops, and nobody is going to mistake me for a kid. So far, I haven't been able to figure out if...
I tend to agree with Carl. The Mint is battling to remain relevant in a plastic/electronic world -- a battle they seem destined to lose. I...
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