I would agree with Paul, (I know, a shock huh Paul? :)). My wife sells stuff on Ebay, and most questions are "will you lower the price?" or...
Wow, wide range. For US coins, I echo the recommendation of Breen, but you could just start with a Redbook. Buy a cheap copy a couple of years...
As for books sir, generically for "world" coins I would suggest KM catalogs. They are more for knowledge than pricing information. If you really...
I sure see it as NGC's, PCGS', and more importantly all of our problem. Think about it, what is the major advantage of slabs? I would argue...
Great advice. If you are just getting into the hobby, you don't want to buy damaged junk, but you also don't need to wade in full bore with your...
Its personal I suppose. I have one coin that if I ever found one for less than $1500 I liked, (Fine grade is all), I would buy it. I have others...
Again, gets into the sunk cost issue. If you ignore sunk costs, even new silver mines would be profitable down to $20 or less.
Not disagreeing with you there. Almost all numismatic terms have been coopted by the marketers at this point.
As a follow up, this area was the first part of SE Asia to convert to Islam. These are 3 different types, probably struck over the course of 50+...
So what is the face value of 18 grams of gold? :)
"Frosty", while also a marketing term, would be the term having something to do with the strike. A proper frosty coin should be from a fresh die,...
No, that is not the case. Just pull out your KM and you will see there were coins made in the era without swastikas. Swastikas are just popular...
Sorry, not buying it Doug. Yes, I agree with this advice for beginners/intermediate collectors, but are you trying to tell me I have to buy all...
The Jade Buddha is also on most people's "must see" list, at least asians I know. All I know is I HAD to see it when I was there.
Here is a cheap little group I just bought. They are from Palembang, now a part of Malaysia. They are tin pitis, local islamic imitations of...
Christian is right, its an American thing. Its really us US collectors who dare collect anything other than US coins embracing and turning...
Any world coin dealer has these in stock. They are not hard to find if you want more.
I find they RR go in cycles. If you pay attention, it seems like certain issues get sold for a while, then you will not see another for a couple...
This gets into the complicated issue of byproduct credit and accounting for mixed outputs. Bottom line is you will probably get different answers...
Nice pickup Mat. Not THAT common, its not like its a Roma head issue. I have no idea on the symbol.
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