First, getting 90% silver, (1964), or 40% silver (1965-1970) kennedies is hard now. Most have all been looked through. Second, a proof is a...
Buy quality coins when they are available. I have been collecting coins long enough to have seen periods in which nice quality coins were...
We need to save silver? Why? The market will go where the market goes, all we can do is make our own investment decisions in relation to it. If...
I liken it to Democracy, the absolutely worst form of government except for every other form ever tried. Don't like the CDN? Ok, fine. Find or...
II II II - pretty creative legends. :) I am sure it was because the rest was obscured.
I agree there has always been this "condition rarity" idea in US numismatics, in fact all numismatics. The main difference has been degree. Before...
Time period would be around 270-300AD Roman. However, from the reverse, I suspect it might be a contemporary imitation. On the left side the...
It depends on the coin and grade if that is a decent purchase or not. "Paperwork"? There won't be any paperwork for ancient coins really. We...
Icerain, as a type that coin is not rare, but it is an exceptional coin for its condition. 99% of Byzantine bronzes are not that nice. You bought...
Registry set idiocy. I say idiocy but not throwing stones at their type of idiocy versus my own. I agree with your math Vic that there are just...
Paper can, coupled with the correct environment, but it was a small amount in their slabs. Maybe their slabs were less air tight than others, or...
They were, at least as far as I could tell. While PCGS and NGC were started by "heavy hitters" of the industry, Anacs was always the third service...
It can be a serious problem. I have thought about it. What if a "powerseller" shipped me a package, I opened it up, and it was empty? How do you...
10/18/14 11:36 PM EST Darn, I thought the "get out of jail free" would get me out of the doghouse if needed. I guess I should stop disagreeing...
Boy, you are opening up a whole other can of worms by posting a story from the Council on Foreign Relations. I am glad you can respond to that.......
Islamic counterstamp at least. One cannot tell if the host coin is a Byzantine coin, or an imitative Byzantine coin.There is nothing Sassanid...
But I thought they also rationalized data, meaning they threw out items they didn't consider indicative. You could be right about it simply being...
How about comparing the time and money you spend going to get the pennies and sorting through all of the pennies not to the stock market but to to...
Man, lots of tax geek talk here. :) First, I was just saying to document any CRH finds to prove why you are taking money in and out, to prove...
But it is an average. If you do not believe it that is your right, but I am just telling you the truth. The CDN gets all kinds of prices reported...
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