Did introducing the MS64 grade create "business suicide"? How about + or * designations? Were they "business suicide"? Both are examples of adding...
MCM was the last company that stood for ethics amongst the entire hobby? Man, you must know a ton of crappy dealers. Not saying anything bad...
Sir, back in the day there were no such things as MS64. So coins were either 63 or 65. Was it a dumb move back then to cherrypick the better 63's...
Ok, exact same scenario. They come out with a 70+ or 70* designation. Has one word that I said change? No. Every single thing I said that could...
Please show me a coin in the past few years graded MS60, which used to be a relatively common grade. Please explain to me why people spent 15...
Why is that? They sure didn't regrade for free the other times they fundamentally changed their grading systems. Why do you believe they would...
On a semi serious note, one of the truly great things about coin collecting is how you can let your inner hoarder out and not take over a house....
Holy crap. When we were discussing the lot, the bid price was around $150.
...and tomorrow and the day after that is not looking too bright either. :D
So I was just reading an article in the latest Numismatist. In there, the authors were laying the foundation for how they believe the TPG's will...
That 1860, if fake, is very convincing in that old time 2x2. I would have assumed its real especially given the packaging. Of course the colonial...
Oh yeah, big time. Only once have I sold coins, and that was from a group lot I bought with my wife and she made me promise to sell some. Other...
Sycee is an interesting nominee, but the problem is they were mainly made by private firms from my understanding. However, I would say Spanish new...
Aw, come on, we got "Mughal", right? We were in the ballpark. :) Btw, thanks for the attribution. I admit I just cannot get much traction on...
I agree with Doug. No ancient coins were white gold, so whoever said that is lying to you. The coin pictured looks like a silver Mughal piece....
The MA thaler is a fair point, but Venetian coins as well as Dutch had been also restruck for many years. My point was not that the Krugerrand was...
His user name is Amphoracoins. Nice man, nice dealer. He literally wrote the book on Jewish Coins. If it weren't for biblical references, these...
As far as hoards go, it's been proven leptons and prutah, circulated during Jesus' lifetime even though they were minted a century earlier. If...
Sorry, but I am not buying the "for type" argument. I came into ancients because they did away with all of the "weak strike", "worn dies" and...
Holy ripoff, NGC Fail both on grade and identification, Batman! First, only leptons are the "widow's mites", not prutah. In ancient greek bibles...
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