I'm not a real big fan of Mr. Bowers but Littleton does deserve far more praise in the hobby than they get. They mostly do a good job on every...
I pray you're wrong but deep down I know they wouldn't be stealing anything if someone wasn't making a profit. I bet the winners are not the...
Unfortunately it's way too close. But you can't capture the flavor of the country or the disdain in which citizens are held without talking...
...And meanwhile no real progress seems to be getting made on stopping the flow of counterfeit goods from China or the theft of intellectual property.
There's another point as well. I don't want to weigh in on the side of "looting cultural heritage" and do not approve of smuggling and breaking...
A lot of people feel the exact same way about any coin made after 1964. Many don't even consider them coins at all but tokens. Some act as...
Unfornutately I agree with all your points (except that I like Ike). The supply of uncirculated Ikes is substantial for every date. Even the...
I'm not sure I believe they really paid that much. It's not impossible but it's far above wholesale and Littleton usually pays only about 25 to...
When do we start worrying, when those who disappear stay disappeared? By then it won't be legal to even talk about worrying.
These coins are all uncirculated. Try finding an original hoard of clad quarters from the same era. Go ahead and try. In fact just try to...
Me too. But I'd suggest moving up just a little in grade. I'm old enough to remember original circ rolls of barbers and these were mostly AG...
Anytime the supply of 90% coin is greater than the demand the price drops and the melters can make a profit by refining the coin into bar. There...
Many countries have passed laws claiming ownership of any antiquities that don't belong to that country. The UN is behind this and the US is...
Essentially our government doesn't value the ownership rights of Americans as highly as the presumed "rights" of foreigners. It's more importat...
Melting is not going to affect availability of silver coins for collectors in the foreseeable future. Even if 99% of the '64-D dimes were...
I started in 1957 but all the good coins were gone by then. All the key dates and high grades were long gone. If you plotted out the grades for...
The clad proofs should be a good thing to have someday. The attrition on these is much higher than most people figure and eventually someone will...
I often say that wear starts from the high points of a coin's surface and goes downward from there but this thread highlights something of an...
It's even more impressive the closer I look. The "good luck tokens" are spectacular and there are several I've never even heard of before. I...
Wow!! Very impressive. I'll take a much closer look when I have time.
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