So the price you quoted was not really for toning, but really for a quality premium. I was suspecting that, since it is a nice coin. My concern...
I agree with you Doug that they chose their fineness. But, there is a discrepancy between that and saying they had the ability to do .999 fine....
I would agree with Rhino and understand why the seller may have taken the easy way out and sold to a US customer. I have had packages missing...
Just curious Paul, you would pay 3.25x book for that little bit of toning around the edge on the mercury? I thought you liked coins with full...
I would not be worried about a lack of a turret on the head, as Roman coins are hard to find perfectly centered on a large flan. It appears yours...
Looks like a lower quality fake. These coins are great, (real ones), as they were minted in Paris for Mexico. I would say that I see more fakes...
Well its Ching dynasty. I have many like this and to me it appears a casting error or imperfection more than an intentional mark. A lot of older...
From the top of my head I would say there is no way to determine mintages of ancient coins really, just relative rarity in the marketplace....
Cool ruler. His nickname meant "the beseiger". His dynasty was the ones who took over Greece proper after Alexander's death I believe. His...
Well considering crackouts/resubmissions I have never worried too much about pop reports. Until TPG can assure people that a coin cannot be...
It gets back to definition of AT versus NT Vnickels. Doug has wrote about this, but if you put a coin in certain coin books, leave it for a few...
Maybe 1 million dollars of production. As an aside I was watching the gold mining show the other night and they said Alaska has had its biggest...
One other thing I would input here. Proof sets frequently go down when coin dealers are scambling for money. The reason is that proof sets are so...
I think people make good points here. One thing I would add is to try to have 7 day listings. I know the shorter ones are cheaper, and you may...
The garage sale exemption really only applies to sales tax, not income tax. Even in a garage sale if you make a profit on an item it is taxable to...
In general world coins historically have been graded stricter than US coins. I would use the same grading effort to grade them as US coins, then...
Seems to be just a way to prevent fences from operating so freely. If you were concerned just sell via mail or another method.
I agree with Matt Lechner in the comments section that this really does add volatility to the collateral market and make it harder for a bank...
You could be right, but I have many seated coins in that grade or lower that aren't that washed out white look. I agree this color is common, but...
....and you don't think a non collector, seeing this layered in gold with "United States of America" won't confuse the two? I have seen much...
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