I don't buy on Ebay any longer. When I did, good clear closeup photos of BOTH sides of the coin plus a professional presentation of them...
I can't tell the difference between a 65 and 66 either. In fact, I have a couple of modern 65s where I can't tell the difference from a 67 or...
That's pretty interesting. The US had its own period where hard times tokens and Civil War tokens had to be privately issued to relieve coin...
I think it's an excellent idea to clean a few coins this way. There is no better method of learning how to identify cleaned coins than to clean...
Gold is hard to grade, but I was going to venture MS64.
Is it my imagination, or have coin prices in general, and moderns in particular skyrocketed in price over the past few years? I frequently find...
Very nice examples.
Very nice circulated coins. I agree with Mike.
Now you know how many of the items on Ebay get that way.
If you pay $20 for 20 $1 coins, have you really "bought" anything?
I've given up roll-searching for silver halves after a very long dry spell. This area seems to be picked clean.
Awhile back I was in the bank and asked the young teller if she had any half dollar coins. She responded, "You mean DOLLAR coins?" I told her...
I don't own any, but I wouldn't rule it out if it was something I wanted and the price was low enough. But I would crack it out and destroy the...
Since most of my coins will probably be sold someday by someone other than me, having a TPG slab will prevent some dishonest dealer from trying to...
I also like Photograde a lot, but it won't teach you much about grading mint state coins. I also agree that a good way to learn to recognize...
It's just my opinion, but I think you are about to make a big mistake. The "bid/ask spread" in rare coins is too large for them to be an...
If I'm looking at two coins in different slabs, and the coins have about equal eye-appeal and look to grade the same, I'm going to buy the less...
I think I recall seeing the same thing. ICG is certifying unopened rolls as "uncirculated" but not guaranteeing the grade of the coins inside....
I'll go out on a limb and say that this is going to be very detrimental to collecting tokens as it is bound to drive up the price. Exonumia was...
Put it where the temperature and humidity are most comfortable for you, because that is likely to be best for the coins too. Attics are too hot,...
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