It goes wrong because its not a good source of silver. Refiners hate these because its much harder to refine than 90%, and there is a lot less...
OP, I would suggest maybe CICF in Chicago. They have antiquities and ancient jewelry that your wife may at least find interesting if not wishing...
Here is the link to the Ching coins: http://www.calgarycoin.com/reference/china/china8.htm#ching Maybe you typed coins versus coin, my error.
I wonder how long that will last. Junk silver is still being sold at spot here, and paying less than spot. I wonder how tightly correlated...
I classify nuggets similar to collecting mineral specimens. You will always pay more for it than melt, sometimes much more, but its a hobby in its...
Enjoy it, use it however you like. Yes, they are real and some may be 300+ years old, but are exceedingly common, low value coins. If you want...
I view Pt similar to stocks. They usually proceed an economic uptick worldwide. Yes, sometimes they are wrong, but I believe Pt is moving up the...
Harlan Berk is a REAL coin store. Ask to see the ancients and they direct you to a floor up above in the main offices. That is where I love to...
A complete set of each denomination? Are we counting varities? Straight sets, my guess would be,in order; Dollars Quarters Cents Halves Dimes...
Farmers?
He is a very nice man, but i would not place him in my top ten list of ancient coin authorities i know. My biggest issue is probably not his idea,...
I would agree with Tom on every point. IMHO if you wish to buy a key or a great type that is great. To me this coin is somewhere in the middle,...
I like them, think they are interesting, but not so attracted to them at the price. In a few years silver goes down or I find a large lot of them...
ORLY? I guess I will defer to those who grew up in the 60's, but from my readings the boom in collecting was enormous, and every few blocks sprung...
Chalk it up to him having a bad day. I know many here would not fathom it, but soldiers DO have to deal with open hostility to their profession,...
You will almost never find a silver dollar close to melt at a LCS. You haven't been able to since before the mid 70's at least, (that is when I...
"Working man's" set, lol. Really? SL quarters? I don't disagree its a tough date, but how many people are working on the set? There are so many...
Btw Dansco I believe makes a Korean Type set album. Good luck filling it. From what I have read, late 19th and earlier 20th century Korean coins...
But I don't see the "throughput". What I mean is most kids have hobbies while young, give them up, and then some come back to them. If they come...
I agree. I actually see the best prices for US junk at shows, but have a world coin shop nearby that basically charges even market pricing on...
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