And WAY overpriced for the bullion content. If you like them, okay. But don't think investment.
I had a recent one (from Germany I believe) that took a month plus. It was an eBay win and took long enough for that I had already filed an INR...
And have you checked out stamp collecting recently (and for the last decade). If you can get 20% of catalog for your items you're lucky.
Small marks are not as critical on gold coins as they are on the other coining metals. Gold, being the softest of the coining metals, gets a...
Don't forget, the general feeling is that coin collecting does NOT have much investment potential. If you think that it's bad when coins catalog...
I'm over in Silver Spring. Nice place but not .999 fine ;)
@Paddy54, is it safe to assume you'll be in Baltimore (Whitman show) in about 2 weeks? I'll do my usual Friday visit.
WOW!!! Thanks for all the responses. All I was shooting for was a 1833 B-2. Didn't realize it had all that stuff going for it.
Oops, wait. Another look shows them also in the area of stars 5, 7 & 8.
I'm trying to put together a Capped Bust Quarter die marriage set (reduced diameter; 1831-1838) in XF. A bit tough finding them in that grade. AU...
Unfortunate. The head and shield are rather complete. The coin deserved better.
I've been working on a set of US $1 small size notes for several years. It's a "back burner" collection and hasn't gotten much action for a while....
It might make AU. I don't see it as cleaned, at least not for quite a while. The worst part is the weak date echoed by some weakness in the same...
For the price of the first one I'd want it slabbed. That would solve the "cleaned" question.
I do. Except for the T and E.
Prevent exposure to air and particularly moisture (generally humidity). I have limited experience but I believe a product called Air-Tite is the...
My problem was slightly different. I started using a regular stapler and a pair of pliers. But a significant part of the time (~25%) the staple...
It stands a chance for MS-63. There's a number of bag marks that will hold it back: -- under the eagle's head -- Liberty's left leg -- couple of...
I consider Excel (or other spreadsheets) the best method. You can tailor it to contain exactly what you want. I would suggest take the "overkill"...
I believe some of the proof sets from the 70's now sell for less than their original cost from the Mint. And don't forget to factor in inflation.
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