I understand your happiness, but every time I hear of an ancient graded AU I die little. At least its not "MS63 weak strike worn die PQ ++++ CAC"...
If you could get one, I would look at an older $10 in Xf/AU if you can find it for the price. You get almost half an ounce of gold and a cool 100+...
Yeah, but with sniping I can be bidding when my wife makes me go shopping with her, at a show, anywhere. It particularly useful for those auctions...
Well massive shorts may not have been in place, I don't know, but shorting of silver has always been an option. A fed agency stepping into a...
Its just a question of degree or purity. It all depends on what you want to invest in. If you want to invest in silver, then I would not buy...
....then the market would be talking about all of the "dippers" making toned coins white, ala 1978. :) To me, buy the coin if you like it, if its...
Nice post Joan, thanks! Where is the reference from?
The problem with small parcels of gold is that you have to pay a premium to buy them, but when you sell the dealer only wants to pay you bullion...
Yeah, but come on, its $150. Its not like he is 63 and investing $200,000 in retirement money in them. When I was 19 I had all of my "savings" in...
There is also the penny weight association. Penny weight was a unit of measure for blacksmiths and other commercial enterprises. I wonder if that...
The reason I suggested a coin show was that you could shop around quickly at different dealers and not have to pay shipping, which will eat into...
One of those cases where you are right but it doesn't really matter. If it helps the last time I looked all of my proof sets like that were...
If it was cheap I would let it lay. They do that all of the time, the little plastic dimples break on the cover. Besides, you bought coins, right?...
Great point of course. I was assuming he wanted to invest in silver and still be as liquid as possible while still collecting coins. If the OP...
I searched but cannot find a chart demonstrating lower volatility on circulated coins than uncirculated. Dougs chart shows the great volatility in...
Well Lehigh, a lot of people have made a lot of money on things I either don't understand or disagree with. If I really knew all of the answers I...
Jared, If you love coins, I would collect silver coins that are just worth melt. This bet would let you love the coins, collect them, but only...
Yep, exactly. I have seen them get toned as well. The Grilledporkchop's point was very valid, they used to be toned to cover up the fact that they...
Sad story, my wife is Thai and is actually a Thai chef instructor and I hate Thai cooking. :( If you need any Thai cooking advice I can ask her,...
Awesome247, there was an article in the WSJ a couple of months ago about how many servicemen were buying fake coins in Afghanistan. I know how...
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