I agree. What you paid is irrelevant to what it can be sold for. Even if you paid $50 does not mean you should sell something for $2000 if the...
Personally with something like this I would prefer that the mint limit it to one set per household at least for the first month. As a strategy,...
Well I wasn't thinking of just ancients. Other world coins, especially civil war and seige coinage, also are in the same position that "problem...
But looking back to 1979-80 the market also greatly expanded with participants. I believe having lots of new participants leads to greater...
Honestly, this is a very large shortcoming to US collecting for beginners. Its not anyone's fault, but those penny boards create this "need" to...
Very good philosophy if you have a choice. In US collecting nothing is so rare that you cannot get a problem free example instead, (a strawberry...
I just wished I lived closer to Detroit Gbroke and could talk you into taking shots of my coins. I truly just don't have the inclination for...
Quick aside, but you are absolutely right. I have spent so long admiring toned ancient copper that new copper, bronze, or brass looks absolutely...
Very nice. Sounds like you could be a prospective ancient collector. :) I started out in US colelcting the same way, but since our history is...
Good post Guy, but if one has no education, what are you sharing? "Gee, I like old coins, I think this 1944 cent is kinda cool" or "This 1944...
Yeah, the racketeer nickels sure got headlines. I have never personally seen one I would believe is genuine to the time. They may have made a few...
I had not heard of that volume, we could talk about it. I used to be controller of a paper distributor, and took some "paper college" classes....
Most of the soft spots I have seen personally, (I look for them now), have been on gold. I have seen pictures of the same softness on base metal...
Fantastic coins all. I own one of these "accidentally", obtaining one in a lot. I hadn't gotten around to reading more about it yet. Mine looks...
But my point sir was its not uniformly out of date pricing. I bet you could go back to a 1980 red book and the price of common, non silver coins...
This is a dangerous supposition I believe. Since the Fed was created it has paid sizable dividends to the US government. Why else would we allow...
You are right actually. Many times I spend more money each month on references than coins. Historically, good books on coins have appreciated more...
Agreed. Axumite coinage comes on the market in spurts, with maybe 10 coins a year entering the market. Nice pickup Mat. That coin has more...
My library is about 650 volumes on ancient coins, about 400 on ancient history. World coins is about 150 volumes, with my US coin references...
I view it as a little more complicated than that. My default view on price guides is the common stuff will be way overvalued, sometimes 100%. The...
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