I've decided to pass on this series unless the price falls to melt in the aftermarket.
I don't know if that is true. My understanding was that the Mint charged face value for coins when ordered by banks in the Federal Reserve System.
I have a few Canadian Maple leaf silver bullion coins from the late 1980s that are still in the original mint plastic and look the same as the day...
While error coins will probably always command a premium, the current amounts being paid almost guarantee that the buyer will lose money. It's...
Good find and nice way to do business.
Here is a counter-argument. I plan to leave many of the coins I've collected to my kids, who are not collectors. Having coins slabbed increases...
The greatest gift that the experts here can give me is to very bluntly tell me when I'm wrong. It has saved me large amounts of grief and money....
I never worry about what my collection is worth, and I've never tried to calculate the value. I just sort of take it one coin at a time and try...
Unfortunately, I am currently having a few health problems that keep me up at night, and I watch them sometimes to pass the time. They are still...
Peter, you are correct, of course. I've purchased a few coins from them over the years too, and I wish they could find a way to adjust their...
I'm not a big fan of modern coins in general, but the Mint seems to be doing a pretty good job on them and it isn't surprising that many grade...
The SAEs I bought raw back in January were stunning. I was very happy with the quality. I have no doubt that they would go MS69 and maybe MS70...
I should also add that I've found civil war tokens and a variety of common silver coins in antique shops.
Well said, DJ!!!
The folks running Littleton should try running a couple of programs with more competitive pricing. They might find that the increase in the...
I have to agree with you. The dollar coins are just another made-for-the-collector's-market coin series. I continue to prefer the "classics" to...
I primarily use several internet dealers and occasionally the US Mint. In the past I used Ebay quite a lot, but I don't think I've purchased a...
http://www.goldsheetlinks.com/production.htm Scroll to first bar chart. Production peaked in 2001 and is declining.
The etc should include energy costs, which are a large factor in gold mining. As gold prices have doubled, so have energy costs.
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