Short-sighted, IMO. No business or business model is best when information is hazy deliberately. Transparency is always best.
If you spend the time researching old books, auction catalogs, and other data sources (easier nowadays with the Internet) this information comes...
But it benefits the entire industry ! There's no reason not to have population data that is 90-95% accurate instead of maybe 70% accurate or...
This confusion regarding population counts...since they are important to the coin business, the hobby, collectors, and the TPGs....I wonder why...
On the Perth....I love the Wedge-Tailed Eagle coin but you don't see that many at LCSs. More Ebay and HA and GC. Premiums/discounts for coins...
I don't think it's that critical. And AGE's @ .9167 is good enough with the American buyers right here for that coin.
My experience with my LCS is that no matter how rare or obscure the coin, I can always get bullion/melt value. I recently had to sell a...
LCS's and American buyers want....wait for it....American coins. :D Eagles are the most popular. That said, I can't see having a problem getting...
Discounts or premiums fluctuate, you can get them daily on the internet (I used to get them in BARRON'S where they still have the 6 most popular...
They look like 5 ounce silvers.
Found this on some famous hoards: https://www.littletoncoin.com/shop/Famous-Hoards
Here's my problem with hoards that get the recognition: They're oversold, as in a family's recent find of family-owned coins really doesn't have...
You mean coins from a hoard that was put on the label ?
I didn't become the type of collector I am based on house size, but I do live in a condo and I have alot less room to display and store than my...
Well, first of all I had to save up the $$$ :D...which takes time since I was out of work and only working PT. I probably wasn't going to buy one...
So these sets (often with ungraded coins) you come into....they're mostly via an estate or the kids who inherit from someone who was active...
Plenty of threads on ancient/foreign hoards, wanted to create one for U.S. coins. For domestic or imported hoards. :D I saw this quote from a...
I don't think it matters much if you are talking about "long term investment purposes." Whether there's a slight discount for one type of gold or...
Wow....I guess most of the dealers going to 2 or 3 of them are within driving distance...can't see many people flying from California or...
PCGS will grade and slab it for that low a price ? Isn't there an additional charge based on the coin's value ?
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