Just to clarify my comment... I didn't mention 19th century coins, or expensive coins, or 3c nickels, or ancients, or foreigns, or buffalos....
I look for items that are completely overlooked and unwanted and therefore relatively inexpensive, but with potential collector value. Up until...
If you can wait and don't have a trip to Canada planned, just hold on to the coins. The loonie has been appreciating relative to the US dollar...
I've long though that Canadian silver dollars were a bargain compared to their US counterparts. The mintages are small by US standards and the...
Of course, there is the other question: Are state quarters collectible at all by 'serious' collectors regardless of who sells them? You have...
I would tell him to just hang onto the 1916-D and let it retone over the years. Put it into an album and let nature take its course. Perhaps in...
Is this "serious" investment advice? "Buy one or as many as you can" without having seen one, without previously knowing it existed, when it...
It's $8.49 on mintproducts.com.
Everything has pros and cons. Pool accounts are easy, but they are basically derivatives of silver and not silver itself. They are not safe...
Both look VF to me [a non-professional]. The 84 has a bit more detail but a rim ding.
jpscorner.com is the place I buy coin supplies.
I've noticed that there are two opposing forces at work regarding collecting advice.... On the one hand, there are comments such as the...
I've always been fond of circulated Morgan and Peace dollars in the F to EF range. I inherited a small collection from my grandfather when he...
The silver value of your coin is about $9.60. So you might make out okay with the coin in the long run even though it doesn't have much in the...
For once I seem to have gotten the grade right, guessing VG8 from the photo. Carson City Morgans are so popular that they seem to defy the normal...
I've thought the same thing, but attributed it to my lack of grading skill. When I look at PCI slabs, the circulated coins appear pretty...
There is nothing wrong with the Redbook. I would say that the Redbook is a good guide in that it will tell you which coins are the most highly...
If the first coin is a '28 peace dollar, I don't think you should use the acetone yet even with the owner's permission. It is possible that this...
I divide the current price per pound by 153.5 to get the approximate value of the copper. The other 5% is probably too small to be anything other...
There is no moral dilemma. The right thing to do is to actually have them appraised and tell him the result. Then you can negotiate from there...
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