In my experience halves have had a premium for years. All of the dealers in the 90's I dealt with charged premiums for them. If regular junk was...
You got it. The trade dollar was struck just to facilitate trade with the far east, and was not legal tender until later in this country, when it...
Not yet, I will give a hint, What SILVER coin was not legal tender in the US at the time of its issue? Btw, the 1933 double eagle was legal...
Sorry for the delay. Ok, this US coin was not even legal to use in the United States at the time of its initial striking.
I just have a HUGE problem with them reusing old designs, especially on differently sized coins. One, the artist created his artistic vision...
I think its the definition of a "collector". All of us have coins that no matter what we will never part with. Off the top of my head some of mine...
I thought so to, but didn't want to put Tom on the spot. I am glad you did though. :) OP, you are new here, but I will echo Doug's thoughts....
I suspect it would be inferior as well unless they stole another design from the past. :(
I don't see sales increases as indicators of popularity as much as indicator of SILVER popularity. What has proof mintages done? Those are more...
AE 1, 2, 3 or 4 is simply the term for the size of the coin. No denominations are on the coins, we don't not know what they were called, so we...
Always be careful with online guides and try to cross check them. A danger is repeating bad information. Some of these sites simply repeat what...
I don't see any copper showing, all I see is a silver coin with some granularity. Be careful to evaluate surfaces when purchasing as well. Nice...
There are lots of good products out there that protect coins just as well or better than slabs. You are the first i have heard of slabbing just...
Op, the most important question to ask yourself is WHY? Why do you want to slab? Do you have rare coins you wish to certify are real? Do you have...
I echo this. Enjoy your hobby. Its a good hobby for the enjoyment level and comraderie EVEN IF YOU ASSUME YOUR COINS GO TO ZERO. :) They...
They just have more self control than we do John. :)
The "problem" with saying something is underrated and only looking at availability is missing the other half of the equation, Demand. Demand is...
:) How about pay for the cost of the audit AND the cost to change security procedures and infrastructure since by having a public audit these...
The top of an S looks a lot like the top of the D when the coin is AG. Considering they made like 100 times more S's or more, I am guessing S MM....
Or equities, or land. :) Don't get me wrong, I lilke junk silver as well. I have always preferred it to ASE's, since you buy more silver per...
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