I'm thinking of picking up a cleaned morgan dollar in about XF condition to run an experiment in "uncleaning" a coin. I plan to just carry it...
I would add that the Federal Reserve also receives no funding from taxpayers. FRS member banks receive a 6% annual return on their investment in...
I checked 4, and usually consider myself about 2/3 investor and 1/3 collector. Maybe I should have just checked off investor, but I have a...
I don't think you would do much better than to buy $1000 worth of American Silver Eagles. In 20 years, I think there would be a very high...
I'll have to think about this issue some more. For now I'll keep an open mind. I don't like the idea of doing anything to the coins at all. If...
"My coin question now. In your opinion what percentage of households in the world have at least one coin collector. I would consider a collection...
All toning is just basic chemistry in action. Theoretically, it shouldn't matter whether it is deliberately controlled or accidental....
For a type set, I'd probably use a mix of any and all of the four top grading companies and concentrate more on getting coins with the elusive and...
The search for the perfect coin cleaner continues!
Warren Buffett frequently doesn't sell stocks that he owns. He still owns some items that he purchased in the 1970s and 80s. Do you really think...
Nice strike. Some peace dollars have ugly toning but you got a great one. I like peace dollars a lot and I don't think they are inferior to...
Ruben, I take nothing on the internet personally, so you don't have to apologize because you said nothing wrong. You are definitely in the...
There are so many old dipped silver dollars around, and dealers [the honest ones] even label them as dipped or cleaned, that I'm often tempted to...
Ruiben, I said I would prefer money to be honest, valuable and not subject to depreciation. Somehow this set you off, so I presume that you are...
"The distribution of coins differs from that of currency in some respects. First, when the Fed receives currency from the Treasury, it pays only...
Ruben, Upon receipt of authenticated $20 liberty gold coins, I'll fax you the money at melt value. Please let everyone know that the fax is as...
All things considered, I would prefer to have the gold, silver, nickel and copper put back into the coinage than to quarrel about the words on the...
I save them. I don't know what to do with them yet, but there is no downside and it is possible that your description of copper as the "new...
$4 isn't bad for a dealer price.
I'm fairly certain I read someplace that the new dollar coins will not have the word "Liberty" on them, but only the Statue of Liberty. But I...
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