Should be able to get a 1941 or 1942 proof walker in PR63-64 for around $400. Stretch to about $500, and you can get a PR65. Fulfill your wish!...
I’ve noticed that the registry of a major grading service can be used for directly selling coins. The seller sets up a custom set so they can...
I'd plunge the whole thing in a vat of mercury and let the pennies float out. Cal
I’m guessing that a lot of what is sold on eBay (coins plus everything else) is sold at a technical loss. It was something bought in the past and...
Thanks for reminding me. The J-1747 was in silver. There was a J-1748 in copper and a J-1749 in aluminum. The latter two are rarer than the...
Was reading an article about the status of the bald eagle in the most recent Smithsonian magazine. Nice that they’re doing great. Then there...
Most self-checkout machines, which are becoming more common, take cents. In addition, banks and their change support services have machinery...
On commodity exchanges, the trading unit of zinc is 25 metric tons. Try putting that in your basement. :woot: Cal
Currently, aluminum is going for about $3,400 per metric ton (about $1.55/lb) versus zinc at $3,850 per metric ton (about $1.75/lb) ... not enough...
I’ve met and chatted with DC a couple of times, and he’s a really nice guy. There is no way his “St. Gaudins” pieces would be confused with the...
Give us some details on how this would be implemented. But consider the following: The total world reserves of gold are worth about $US13T....
Recently received an order back from PCGS, and they added a $2 “packing fee”. This was in addition to grading, shipping and handling fees. I...
Wonder if anyone has been identified via a fingerprint on a coin? Either criminal investigation or historical. Might be possible to know items...
In this case, 60% of the shares have to vote to sell. If it sells, the management company gets 2.5% of the price off the top. Cal
99+% of my financial transactions are digital. So, hardly hand-holdable. But they’re transacted in dollars, euros or pounds. Not in any digital...
The coin in question is a 1937 pattern penny of British King Edward VIII. Only about 50 pattern coins were minted. Edward abdicated shortly...
I receive paper catalogs from Heritage, Stacks Bowers, Legend and a few others. I enjoy paging through them but spend far more time on their...
He was a vault associate at a store in Arizona. Duties included collecting cash from and distributing to registers as well as running cash to and...
My private insurance charges 2x for Express Mail or FedEx compared to registered mail. I usually prefer FedEx unless the shipment is very high...
See the instructions below taken from the NGC website today. I’ve looked through the website for shipping addresses, and what’s below plus the...
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