It would also help to buy a thesaurus and find a few new adjectives.
Speedy, I think you're one of the most focused and knowledgeable collector here. You always end up with nice stuff and nice sets. Congratulations!
You still did the right thing by checking out the auction. Sometimes you have to look in dozens of places to find the one great buy of a lifetime.
You might want to slow down the buying pace and research each coin and condition a little closer before making a new purchase. It's tough to tell...
I generally use airtites for all coins whose value or condition warrants the small extra cost of preservation, Dansco albums for coins I want to...
Common date VF morgans are probably worth closer to $14-$15 than to $20-$25. But a truly unsearched large group of morgans for $19 each would...
Why is it taking so long to get this coin weighed? The suspense is killing me.
If anyone has a strong opinion that cleaning coins isn't a big deal, and that the numismatic community is wrong to oppose it, and that someday it...
It might be more profitable to hang around construction sites and pick up scraps of copper pipe. But even if smelters won't pay spot price for...
It's a nice safe. Looks like you're going to need another one soon. :)
I would look into Kennedy halves, mainly because I prefer large coins. However, for appreciation in price the Roosevelt dimes and Washington...
Peace dollars are a great choice in my opinion. I like the morgan design better, but it's easier to collect a short series. If the higher grade...
The only two reasons I can think of is (1) that you will not receive the coin in the photo, or (2) the seller obtained the coin from dubious...
Toning occurs naturally on silver as a chemical reaction with the air and any other compounds that the coin comes into contact with. So in the...
One would think that one of the major coin magazines or organizations would send coins anonomously to the new TPG's and after a certain number of...
The only rule I can detect in grading Morgans is that if you are the seller the coin appears to be MS64 and if you are the buyer the coin appears...
This is a great topic in my opinion so don't apologize. This sort of discussion helps me a lot because I like morgans but I'm not really...
I would think that if there are breaks in luster, it would be AU58. I wasn't aware that there were any acceptable breaks in luster that permit a...
The ideas above about posting them in this forum or taking them to a local dealer seem appropriate in this situation. However, if I was going to...
I've seen, and I own, silver eagles with the 69 designation that have one or two obvious marks in the fields. I used to own a MS70 silver eagle...
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