Very true. The ancient coin market is a weird one. Its not like US coins where any coin you want effectively is for sale at any moment if you have...
I would agree with IoM. One "trick" I use is to look at other areas of the portrait. Look at his neck. One would expect all of the portrait to...
Yeah. One of the main culprits was Silvertowne, and I will always remember that. They hired homeless people, gang members, etc to stand in line...
Well, its not an ancient but a world hammered coin. Plus, I have seen ancients in ICG slabs, so they grade ancients as well, or at least used to.
I would echo others here OP. Collect what becomes of interest to you. Eventually you will find your niche you wish to pursue further. I practice...
Oh no doubt. I way overpaid for my two first ancient coins, but they got me into the hobby. For US coins, I bought a lot of problem coins when I...
Yes, I also say thank you for getting back to us. A counterfeit is a lot more interesting than a coated quarter.
I didn't think it either off topic nor informative. Many times when coin collectors wish to talk about the "coin market" versus another market it...
OP, you can excuse us for not accepting such a quarter exists in an alternate metal. About 4 times a year someone comes here with a "silver"...
I do believe they were lightly silvered John as I just bought a couple London mint basically as struck examples with silvering intact. usually for...
Yeah, not a fan of that one. I understand your concern on the half being sold by the same person, but I simply cannot see anything off on the half...
The lazy man's way is to just go to Youtube and watch a video: [MEDIA]
Personally I do not see anything that would cause me suspicion. Coloring and luster patterns sure look normal for that grade.
Fair enough sir and I thank you for your knowledgable post.
Both answers above are good ones, but I would lean towards Frank's answer of them being quarters someone was going to make rings out of and got...
Many Swiss and German banks had numismatic arms in the past, (think Bank Leu), but nearly all have been spun off into separate companies. The...
Most charts like that, however, are EXTREMELY weighted towards high grade rarities. Yes, there are some commoner coins on them, but you have one...
Way too much money floating around right now and way too little places to put it. Once bond markets around the world start paying 5% again I see...
My first point was that something higher than MS70 might be coming down the pike. Let's ignore the possibility of an MS71. Are you going to argue...
Its a long term play. Now that prices are realistic inflation adjusted I am buying again and am happy to be able to. I am switching more to gold...
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