If you search dimes and quarters for silver, my guess is that the dollar value of the silver you find will work out to making about 2 cents per...
I use airtites for high grade raw coins of all sorts, Dansco for my circulated/uncirculated Morgan dollars, and 2x2s for most of the remainder....
I treat gold commemoratives as bullion products, and will only buy them when prices approach bullion prices. I'll occasionally buy a silver...
It isn't unusual for something like silver to have large price moves. It is a tiny market by global standards [or even compared to gold], and it...
Great links! However, I generally agree that most publications seem to focus on either very high-end colecting or beginners, with something of a...
This raises the price slightly on a lot of things. My state has a 6% sales tax, so I guess when something is purchased for $1.00 it will be...
If you make a list of the dates/mintmarks you have for the Kennedys and Roosevelts, someone here will tell you which ones could be worth a lot...
I guess the new business model in the numismatic world is: 1. Buy a $10 coin 2. Buy a $1 plastic holder 3. Combine 4. Sell for $20
I'm certain that's a big part of it. Banks aren't going to lend money to start a project that might be uneconomical by the time it begins...
The carvings are amazing! Please keep posting pictures of your work.
Great question! There are some new mines in the works, but they were in the works before the price rise. But the answer to your question is a...
That statement is meaningless since the price is always equal to the actual market value. Maybe you meant to say intrinsic value, although this...
I don't think it would be a bad idea, but it isn't what I plan to do. I just think that too many people in the hobby adhere too closely to the...
Without knowing what you have to sell, my reaction is that there is a high probability that you can make more money by grouping the coins into...
I don't like to throw cold water on the whole idea, but if the goal is to create a rainy day fund or a fund to help pay for college in the future,...
Silver has only dropped back to the level it was in April of this year, so it is difficult to see where anything has fundamentally changed or get...
For me its all about what you pay for what you get. Basically I'm looking for bargains in the very few places in the numismatic world where I...
People collect holed coins, so it isn't completely unreasonable to suspect that AG coins are collectible also for some people at some level....
There are two dangers when dealing with coin dealers. The first is working with a dealer who sells overgraded merchandise, probably the biggest...
Okay, thanks. Then it seems that the 1/2 ounce 2001 proof AGE so far has the lowest mintage in the series.
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