Maybe somebody should contract with a country that issues commemorative coins to order (i.e. Cook Islands, Somalia, etc.) and design a Cheech and...
Beautiful coins! I like the distinctive image of the Virgin and Christ Child, I'm not sure if this is unique to Hungarian coins? Great choice to...
Capitalism is a wonderful thing. If people weren't able to make money flipping coins, than there wouldn't be anywhere to buy coins because it...
Happy Easter to all of you! This is a very special Easter for me because my two daughters were baptized at tonight's Easter vigil.
I wonder what the coin market would be like now if Ebay and other internet venues were not boosting the hobby.
This is an example of why I don't buy raw coins on Ebay. The coin looks like it was scrubbed clean with steel brushes and lye soap, and the...
Despite all the emotional arguments on this thread, I don't think that Ebay is ruining the hobby at all. My experience has been exactly the...
I contacted the Ebay seller about returning this coin, as I just purchased it last week. The seller's photos were not detailed enough for me to...
I just picked up an 1863 copper nickel Indian cent graded MS62 by NGC. It has surprisingly clean surfaces for a 62 and is dripping with luster...
I have never bought any coins on Ebay using the BIN option, because I have never come across any that aren't above market price. Two of my last...
I had the same experience when I was an exchange student in Moscow in 1993. I took a bunch of small denomination bills with me but didn't realize...
I've looked through a lot of sold listings, which include both auctions and BIN, and have yet to see any coins that have brought 2 - 3X market...
I'm not just referring to BIN prices. The starting bids on many of the auctions are beyond ridiculous.
I understand why dealers may be reluctant to take risks. However, most of the starting bids that I see are significantly above current market...
Recently I was shopping on Ebay and hoping to snag a nice $1 or $2 large size 1917 US note to add to my type collection. However, the auction...
I'm only talking about the 2 coins in this thread. The MS61 has at least 3 very prominent gouges, 2 of which are in the fields. The AU58 does...
I think the conversation is focused on a narrow range between AU58 and MS60-61. I doubt anyone would argue that in general, MS coins are...
Why not? You would rather have the overdipped MS61 with dings and gouges all over it?
I think part of the dilemma is that the Sheldon scale separates circulated from uncirculated only based on wear, which is only one of many factors...
Isn't having minimal marks and good eye appeal part of the definition of an AU58, whereas an MS61 is allowed to have prominent marks with poor eye...
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