My guess is that it took a very bright, point-source light (i.e., the sun) to penetrate the dark toning and reveal the colors hidden below....
Hey, I'm an engineer, not an accountant. We both work with numbers but in vastly different ways. Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm right. I don't...
Don't forget that if you used some of your profit to buy more coins the purchase price of those coins is an expense. You should only pay taxes on...
Your coin is not a great rarity. You should learn more about the coin-making process. Then you might understand that grease in a die is very...
I think there is another thread about this same auction.
You may be thinking of the American Buffalo gold bullion coins. The IRS has ruled that the PROOF American Buffalos can be part of your IRA but the...
The same question appears on Yahoo Extra New Zealand. What you have is most likely a medal. It is most certainly not a coin issued by the US...
But . . . but . . . but . . . if it's on the Internet it has to be true. Right?
As far as I know, if it is short-term capital gains it is treated as ordinary income. If it is long-term capital gains then it is taxed at a...
The sniper with the highest proxy bid will win. It would just make for a hectic final couple of seconds is all.
www.greysheet.com You can subscribe either hard copy or on-line. 6 months = $54 1 year = $98 2 years = $162 For that you get a weekly...
I would try to get the item in the hands of his survivors. (Decedents are people who have died.) You are doing a good thing. His family will...
Coin World had an article recently about a guy (who just happens to attribute coins for a major TPG) who bought a Morgan dollar at an auction for...
You completely missed my point. Being extant and being available are two different animals. Take the 1933 Double Eagle. Some guy bought the only...
Wow! It only takes listening some guy talk for 5 minutes to earn a patch nowadays? It seems like it took a lot longer when I was in Cub Scouts. I...
The coins you get in BU rolls are highly unlikely to all grade MS-65. They will probably be MS-60 to 62 or 63. Where are you getting your...
Tell the kids that during WWII copper was in short supply because of the war and cents were made from steel in 1943. And you should teach them...
Hmmmmm. I wouldn't want to be that seller when the buyer receives his coin. A cheap lawyer could rip that sentence to shreads.
Are you implying this guy is ripping off the elderly? I hope not because I was born in 1955 and I don't consider myself to be elderly. (But it...
You should be able to find lots and lots of them at your local coin dealer or at any coin show.
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