I suppose that if coinage isn't made from gold and silver anymore, and paper money has no metal backing it, there is really no reason to try to...
I've never found anything that comes even close to air-tites for safe coin storage. They are the best by test and inexpensive enough to use for...
silvrluvr - I restarted collecting after a long absence in a manner similar to you, but I take better care of the coins. Even though they are...
I bought four 40% halves yesterday at the local antique shop for $3 total. Two were 1967 and two were 1969-D. $.75 per coin was a good but not...
Personally, I don't think any coin should be rejected by a grading service due to cleaning, so to me, ANACS is offering the better service. Full...
Someone smarter than me once made the observation in another thread that PCGS is only "better" than NGC if their slabs sell in the future for a...
sjnebay - coins are NOT the property of the government. I think you would be hard-pressed to come up with the statute verifying that. The...
If there is no such thing as a 70 coin, then 69 would be the highest grade, which is not the case. The existence of the grade is evidence that it...
People laugh at the debates from the Middle Ages over how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Are discussions about potential invisible...
I guess asking a dealer if a coin has been cleaned will get an answer about as good as asking a barber if you need a haircut.
Good point about PCI. I've never purchased one of their slabs but might consider it now, taking into account the potential for overgrading and...
snjebay - you are correct that your opinions are strong. But as it has been pointed out by others, they happen to be legally incorrect. That...
I'd like to throw my 2 cents in by observing that there is far more information available today than several decades ago. The market is more...
A point frequently overlooked is that we still have a legal system in this country, and it must be adhered to. The coins do not become the...
I don't think it would be possible to demonstrate that a sniping program "saves" money over the dicipline of sticking to a maximum bid price....
60 cents for a 40% silver half dollar isn't a good deal. Just keep the half dollar. Check out Ebay and see what 40% halves sell for.
I'm not a constitutional lawyer, but my gut feeling is that the government officials overstepped their authority on this one, and that there is a...
I'm the world's worst at detecting cleaned coins, making me an easy mark at times ;) but the complete lack of toning would automatically make me...
If you are bidding up to the maximum price you wanted to pay anyway, letting someone else have the coin for more isn't much of a drawback. If...
Keep in mind that "price" and "value" are not the same thing. Some people will tell you that something is only worth what you can sell it for...
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