I think you need to invert this point of view in order to see what is really happening. Of course all values constantly fluctuate in a free...
A very astute observation. What will be valuable in the future is what is not collected today, which makes it hard for collectors to spot because...
I think fiat money and clad coinage are in for a rough time. If they survive, most likely it will coincide with a drop in the standard of living....
I've never had any luck at a flea market, but I've done well buying various silver coins [mercury dimes, 1964 halves, and ASEs] below melt value...
Speedy - Good plan! I'll bet you eventually get one.
Try this, hopefully the link works. http://www.cheapslabs.com/index.php?action=item&id=16123&prevaction=category&previd=3219&prevstart=0
Congratulations [or coingratulations], Charlie! However, this convinces me that I'll never get the hang of grading. I would have never even...
This is the best, most concise explanation of how to identify a cleaned coin that I have ever read! Thanks.
I would think that slabbing just about any gold coin would immediately increase the value by more than the cost of the TPG. The unslabbed coins...
The modern commems make nice "giftware" for people who are not hard-core collectors. Some of the foreign one ounce silver coins are also great...
A few inaccuracies would be acceptable in a first edition, but the Redbook is a piece of junk to contain this many mistakes after this many years...
A lot of the confusion about this topic is cleared up once you understand the difference between a dollar and a dollar bill. Then the whole...
I always check the antique shops for the 93-95 morgans in any grade, but haven't ever found one there.
If you have 400 Kennedys you may already have a pretty good start on a date collection. I'm a big fan of starting by collecting what is available...
I like the redbook for identifying key coins in a series. The prices are useful sometimes because there is frequently a huge jump in price...
Some younger members of the forum might live to see the day when there is no more US coinage. At 4% inflation, money loses about 85% of its...
The barber design is superior to the walker design, in my opinion. Barbers and Morgans were just about the high point in US coin production.
My personal opinion is that cleaning is wear, and should affect the value of the coin in the same way as equivalent wear. But cleaning is treated...
As President Reagan used to say, trust but verify.
The more suggestions people give about using Ebay, the less I want to use it.
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