Protecting how? Do you mean literally, as in a sealed case? Or figuratively, as in a second opinion? As for the sealed cases... I can buy one...
OOOOOOOOOh, so THAT'S what slabs have done for coin collecting. They have created a sight-unseen market. I don't know what it is that bothers...
and the computerized strike zone is next too...
I just had a curious thought that maybe ikes and kennedy halves are like fruitcake. When someone gives ya one, you're not necessarily thrilled,...
I actually spend them too, but I have to make an extra effort to acquire them in order to do so. So if I don't make the trip to the bank and...
point well taken. I guess my gist is that we as collectors need to stop taking a TPG slab as the end all for all coins. The older I get, the more...
clembo: Personally, I welcome anything that brings us some new coin designs. Heck, I don't even have to like the designs, just let's make...
I would go for one of the type I coins, many of them in unc grades will have FH as well.
Nowhere in his post does he say that he purchased them from the mint. You made a pretty big assumption.
Then why not just pay someone to authenticate it. Maybe someone who specializes in ancients. I guess what I am saying is that the big TPGs may not...
welcome tidball, and VERY nice coin! thanks for sharing!!! Is that coin the same weigh as a St. Gauden's Double Eagle?
Nice original color on the 09 too... nice coin. Might be worth the slab fee.
Sorry if this comes off as a bit blunt, but... It makes absolutely no sense to me that someone would want to slab an ancient coin.
My guess is MS-66 and yeah... aren't those marks indicitive of a LOT of loupes looking at the coin? IMHO typically to see if it IS what the...
and I look forward to reading (most of them) lol congrats
OMG Bone, those are gorgeous!!! I absolutely LOVE the draped bust coins!!!! All of them!!! This also reminds me of the caliber of knowledge...
so is jumbo shrimp
I think many of them have been undervalued for years.
Elaine: nd86 left the forum over a month ago. Personally, I miss him and wish that he would return because the info was always spot on, but I...
WTG Topher you lucky dog!!! I was thinking that maybe it's time for me to run another contest, but I can't figure out what to do. The whole...
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