Tough criteria. I would have said that the Silver American Eagles fit your description of an inflation hedge, except that you said no bullion....
Mydrivec, My experience has beem fairly close to yours. There are some good dealers around [one out of three near me]. But most deserve to go...
On the other hand, since you paid bullion value for it, you can treat it as a bullion investment with some possibility of additional numismatic...
If you want to make money, the easiest way is to buy gold and silver coins that have at least some numismatic value at prices not too far in...
Very nice coins. I know that many people think the saint is the most beautiful coin ever minted, but I think the reverse of the liberty has a...
If ANACS said 69, just about anyone else would have said 70.
I would second the suggestion to buy a certified coin. The other general suggestion I would give would be to buy any year other than 1924 [it's...
Very nice! The old gold and silver coins put the modern clad stuff to shame.
In my mind, the silver eagles are primarily nice looking bullion coins. But any time the Mint puts a date on something, and one of the TPGs puts...
I'm sure I have mistakenly spent valuable coins. I don't know what they might have been. If I knew, I wouldn't have spent them and it wouldn't...
Personally, I think the people here are the greatest anywhere. How else can you explain the fact that they put up with me?
It might be a good idea to sell any extra 96 SAEs that you have and buy something else, even three SAEs from other years. The mintage probably...
I use Ebay to buy bullion coins at bullion prices. I'd hesitate to buy slabbed coins because the photos could be deceptive in judging the eye...
I've had good luck with mintproducts.com for buying, well, mint products. :) Other than mint products, I wouldn't buy a non-slabbed coin from an...
Billzach - It's a tribute to your skill that everyone wanted the coin.
Great observation!
Good luck to you Speedy. I'm not going to try to convince you any further. Fortunately you are young enough to learn from experience, so keep...
Speedy, Rick, All I can say is check it out. Not believing the figures without checking is a mistake. I've noticed over the years that a lot...
Speedy- All I can say is that TOLS is correct. Some people will believe it, some won't. Keeping in mind that it is entirely possible for silver...
TOLS - you beat me to it. :) Good analysis. Silver has been down or stable for so long I can understand why people think it will continue this...
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