People will ALWAYS choose paper money over coins, even when coins were gold and silver. Paper money is simply easier to handle. Until our...
100% agree. Regarding your "crystal ball", why does it have to be a "raid" or "government intervention" that leads to negative rates? Why can...
Its a nice original coin. Sorry if I sounded harsh, I just have bought a few (5-6), and handled many more. I know the issue pretty well. I would...
Well, if you want larger, NYINC is still here in the states. IDK, the CICF seems fairly good sized. I would think for more modern coins its not so...
Seriously? Look at her curls. These can be tricky, and of course I would wish to see it in hand, but these are almost always well struck, (tiny...
The "roll friction" I would accept, (and I know you consider me a purist), is when metal is displaced but there is evidence it was done by a...
Novelties. Around the Bicentennial there were literally millions of such counterstamps applied to cents and sold as "souvenirs". I have seen all...
Did you buy an old album? The circular toning looks like it. :) - edit, sorry I didn't see you already said it was from an album :(
I would not underestimate this risk either. Time was, (a decade ago), you could troll through Ebay and find some poorly described/photographed...
Thanks Petronius, very helpful. I admit that I know I own at least one of these, but cannot remember which. I sure hope its the pre-fascist one,...
Btw, another point about Facebook. In reality Facebook did exactly what they should have, maximized THEIR return on the sale of the stock. Always...
Eh, I bet more than a few here think were are simply the same person with two accounts. The one time we usually disagree, (about DCA), they...
I would stretch for low XF. It could be just because I love these coins. :) Was the reverse an aspect of Mussolini's trying to bring back the...
Lessoned learned from all of this: Don't ever post an Ebay auction here until it is over. :)
Fair enough, snob away. :) Btw Doug you could be right about the blue folders. I just remember this toning in old collections and groups fairly...
Well, Cloud has to prove nothing. Inflexion is the one who threw out the conjecture, and Cloud was simply saying it would have to be proven. He...
...Eye of the beholder man. Personally I prefer yours as well, but like in art different tastes prevail.
Sorry Paul, I didn't see this one was slabbed. My guess would be 64.
I believe it would be labeled abuse. You may get away with it for a while, like many such schemes, but eventually it will catch up to you....
You too? My Mom bought me a set when I was about 7 as well, and I would just grab a volume at random and start reading. Its a great way to simply...
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