In many circumstances it's classic shill bidder behavior.
Looked in the auction images like a typical fugly circulated Seated Quarter with splotchy toning. What it is, is an undergraded slider with...
What a terrific idea! Peace Dollars are not a bad idea for a lot of reasons. You can do a whole set in rather nice shape within your stated...
The thing is not that the problem exists - it does - or that the TPG's are poor at catching it - they're just as good as anyone. The thing is, the...
Thread Title of the Month, right there. :D
Well, Gimp is free Open Source software. It'll never cost you a penny, which is its' attraction. A graphics software every bit as powerful as...
Snerk.
I'm not saying I've never seen a black-slab GSA coin adjudicated as cleaned before, and my concerns about the 1878-CC have been noted in the...
We all know where you got the idea, but it's cool as heck that the timing should be so good for you. Bet there was nothing else like it presented. :)
It's unfortunate, but we have to consider this as a possibility. You definitely wouldn't expect a cleaned coin in a GSA slab, any questions about...
If that means you have an inside pipeline to Silver Select, we need to become friends. :D
Heh. Made me overthink. Then again, that comes easily to me. :P
Something about the bottom right coin makes me think I ought to be seeing a "D" mint mark on it, but I don't.
Ain't much to improve upon Jester's words, except to add that however good the reasons are to do an online store, there are_no_good_reasons not...
Yeah, this would be a red flag for most sellers, but sellers like Vette and Great Southern can be expected to have "regulars" who buy many of...
You've read right, if you feel like learning the whole thing. :) Our needs in coin imagery postprocessing are simpler. Cropping, sizing,...
In numismatics, originality is more important than dirt. That's the thing which new collectors have trouble with, for some reason. You...
I switched to the Gimp about 10 years ago and haven't looked back since.
Medoraman, Boeing does not need to have the pension plans for all their employees funded today, even if the employee is going to be there for 30...
USPS is only losing money because Congress forced them to fully fund their pension plan into the future, unlike every other pension plan in the...
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