Btw did you guys get your free Cointalk gift for your 1000th post?
13,815 and still have less than a third of Doug's. :(
Only in coins and paper money can I think of tens of thousands of people volunteering to be QA personnel for a company for free, and offering to...
Do not try to remove it yourself. Actually, it might be worth a little more as a ring. If you want to save the coin as anything more than gold...
20th Century Type set demand. Most people who do type sets try the 20th century first. So, the Barbers are typically the most expensive coins in...
Rings made out of quarter eagles were fairly common. I would say its worth at least 3/4 an ounce of gold, so about $975 today. The coin will be...
Maybe Ebay then. I have spent over 4 figures on a group lot on Ebay. I will admit an auction format would probably be a better venue for the...
Kind of reminds me of a pretty little AU cent I saw once. It was about 30% offcenter, but still had the date, 1914d. The dealer said he had it a...
Boy, I feel stupid. I opened up the thread, and kept thinking to myself, "I didn't thinking they stopped printing these before serial number...
Well, I wasn't referring to taking the lot into a dealer. I was thinking about the suggestion of posting it on Ebay or here on CT that xGAJx made...
Actually, its copying the Heraldic reverse dollars made later. The 1796 was the small eagle if I remember correctly.
What makes you believe that is what happens? I said itemized description and lots of good photos. I have paid thousands for lots with junk but a...
Again, depends on what he wants to do. Yes, that is a good "middle of the road" approach, try to sell any truly desirable coins separately, and...
It depends on what you want Jim. Do you want to try to maximize the value, or get it over with? To maximize the value you probably need to break...
I like money, I like saving money. However, in this day and age with the vastly superior counterfeits coming out of China, you have to be smart....
Yeah, Hadrian is second only to his mentor Trajan in getting the most bang for his buck legend wise. :)
Or list it here. You probably would get a better price from another collector rather than a shop.
Six in one hand. No way of knowing. There ARE quite a few real pieces out there, its just very rare for them to show up randomly. There was a...
I agree with others here, sorry David. These coins especially have been faked for a very long time, so its not unusual at all for people to find...
Its not Philadelphias are unwanted, its there is excessive demand for southern mints. If you want a philadelphia quarter eagle, choose any date....
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