To my knowledge, the stolen coins were to be sold in a single auction. Tom discovered the stolen coins on Stack's website before the auction was...
As I posted earlier, the thieves were caught and did jail time. The consigned coins (that Tom was able to recover from the auction house) were a...
Just to make everyone feel bad, nearly seven years ago, I bought a Jefferson Nickel Album (1938 - 1961) from a dealer who had just bought a whole...
I believe Tom got the (identified) coins back. I'll see him Thursday and ask what the final outcome was.
The other advantage of being there is that you get to preview the coins. Sometimes a flaw is not obvious from the website, but is quite visible...
A number of years ago, one of the major (colonial, half & large cent) copper dealers suffered the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a...
It never hurts to try and occasionally, you will get lucky. And if you lose, you are not out of pocket. It is too easy to get caught up in a...
Changed my collecting from Bust Halves to half cents. That let me buy an 1797 Lettered Edge low head half cent in VF-25 condition. A fair trade to...
I used to have a 1836 reeded edge bust half with a mintage of 1200. Hard to beat that with a circulating coin. My lowest mintage coin that I...
Robert, As an exercise, take some of your 24 coins and see what they are being advertised for in The Numismatist or Coin World and compare those...
Interesting post which raises a question. Nearly everyone on this forum is aware of the 70-point Sheldon scale. For non-US coins, what other...
1793 Chain cent S-2 in EAC VG-8 condition. ex EAC 2005 auction lot#83. A TPG would probably grade it F-12. It will be going on the auction block...
The 1794 large cent, because I'm a copper guy. However, since I'm really a half cent guy and had $1,00 to spend, I'd get an 1803 Cohen-1 variety...
I'm working on an 1888 proof set. So far, I've gotten a 1¢ (PR50), 3¢ (PR55), 5¢ (PR63), 50¢ (PR60) and an $1 (MS63 PL). Not looking to get a...
For what it's worth (if you'll pardon the pun), the pricing bible for early copper (Copper Quotes by Robinson, aka CQR) gives the pricing for...
From 1980 through 2010, prices have risen, stabilized risen, and dropped. If you don't believe me, look at the price that it would cost to...
[IMG] Originally Posted by Hunt1 [IMG] Yea i get what you're saying. Me and cringley were referring to HA i think. TT does not have live auctions,...
Fish, Are you a member of EAC? Great post (unfortunately, the images didn't come through on my home machine—will try the work machine tomorrow)....
At least the Chicago Tribune article eventually mentioned the reason for the silver plug was to increase the value of the metal content. Every...
But live auctions don't end at a specific time, they end when everyone but the winning bidder drops out. To respond to the previous comment by...
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