Speaking from the point of view of a buyer, if I paid $5 or more for shipping I would feel ripped off if the item arrived in a regular stamped...
During a family vacation in 1984, when I was 10 years old, I visited the Buffalo Bill museum in Cody, Wyoming with my dad. Even at that age I was...
It's interesting how the toning makes a 90 degree angle. Providing that it is truly natural toning, I wonder what the coin was lying up against.
I would be okay with a Gettysburg even if it wasn't a 64 or 65. I also wouldn't pass up a Pan Pac, Lafayette or Isabella in XF/AU if it had...
Those are seriously cool! I thought that most Greek silver coins would cost a lot more than 100 euros, especially the Athenian Owl.
I would go with a classic commemorative. There are plenty to choose from at that price in the MS60-MS64 range. You could buy a nice Morgan for...
XF45 problem free (I know I'm going out on a limb here...)
When I first started collecting coins during grade school there was no Ebay and no internet, so that left me with the Red Book. I still have a...
If my understanding of Ebay's buyer protection is correct, there is little to no downside risk of purchasing this coin. When PCGS or NGC declares...
I just picked up my very first Trade Dollar, which is also my first coin in a new generation PCGS holder. It is nice to have this holder for a...
I just won an Ebay auction yesterday for my first Trade dollar and am anxiously waiting to get it in hand. It's a PCGS VF25 in a new holder with...
So if I'm reading this right an uncirculated note could have a couple pinholes and still end up in a comment free 63 holder. Wow. If so many of...
If an uncirculated note has pinholes doesn't that knock it down to the lower uncirculated grades? I understand that even an uncirculated note can...
I have a question regarding pinholes on large size notes and how they affect grading and market acceptability. I am specifically referring to...
To the best of my knowledge the numbers stand for the percentage of full greysheet bid that coins of each TPG trade for sight unseen. As for how...
Here's a 35 EPQ that also went for over $200. It does have the Elliott Burke signature combination but in the price guides I've seen it should...
Shouldn't the CDN sight unseen percentage ratings for the TPG's be considered when comparing PCGS and NGC? Last I checked the percentages for the...
Actually I am risk averse so I probably wouldn't put myself in that situation to begin with, which goes along with my "soft hearted" or...
All of these examples are living proof that mind altering substances have been around since way before the 60's...
What is unethical about returning a coin with a return policy, when that policy states that the buyer can return it no questions asked for any...
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