Silver.com has single ASE's for under $20 right now.........
Take them with him. :) I am going to FUN this year with my wife and two sons.
By the same way you know who to believe on the internet or not I suppose. Yes, there is a tremendous loss of quality among local dealers nowadays....
If you HAD to spend the money in that shop, personally I see the best buy being the panda. If I had $60 I must use there, I would buy two pandas.
Registry set of seated halves? Dang........talk about a large wallet. Its a pretty coin. You should tell everyone the tiny mintage of this coin,...
Deacon, yours is a counterfeit, not a "racketeer nickel". My guess struck long after the fact as a cheap curio item. Jlblonde, the second silver...
Fair enough. I truly get that some simply cannot get to shows, and no good local dealers exist. I grew up in Iowa, and before I left there were no...
Like others have said, you can try blasting it with dip and an acetone wash but it appears it will come out corroded.
I would love to have such a map. It will be my first time there, and would like to chat with the good CT dealers here. :)
I agree with more choices. A lot of it will have to do with how good the rest of the coins are. I have made some great purchases at large auctions...
I don't have a problem with your method at all Paul. My main response would be you acknowledge you went to the effort of educating yourself. That...
Wonderful post.
I am so over pod duangs at this point. Hard to store and I literally have 100 or more of them. Sure, I will pick up a group lot now and then if...
what you describe sir is exactly how ancients are graded. We ignore things like weak strikes and simply grade based upon how much detail is left,...
3830786-012 is not the cert number? Or do you mean you think the description is referring to a different coin than this? Yeah, I could see...
Search auctioneers like Fred Lake, etc. Books like this can be pricey online, since many times they are just hoping to hook a sucker. I believe...
This is your best bet. Find local collectors to swap if you can find them.
So what is this saying? Some private company grades on their own rules, then puts out examples of their own rules. Well of course they will know...
I agree, but the obverse lacking any ear detail, couple with the fact the reverse showed a full strike, is why I said VG8. I agree G was harsh as...
Boy, talk about comparing apples and guacemole..... I would be attracted to the more numismatic item, the 82cc Morgan. I like the toning better...
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