Yours is pretty rough, but its $100 anyways. Any tet is through the roof pricing nowadays it seems.
Apmex is the premier bullion seller on Ebay now with their new relationship with Ebay. Personally, I find Ebay the most expensive source for...
Yeah, that was my take too. Such a thing could be more pronounced if the market gets better. I simply do not understand why so much confidence in...
I would recommend Verdicare as well. PM Badthad. :)
Weird how the PM market is decoupling from financial markets. My stock portfolio is up over 2% today, and my silver is down 2%. Usually they are...
I would not stress about this a second man. I think of Secret Santa as a way to opening up your idea of collecting. I got a slabbed lincoln cent...
One of the primary reasons people do poorly "investing" in rare coins is the premium you pay and discount you incur when buying and selling. Lets...
Only if you aren't part of the economy. Deflation is the worst thing that can happen to ANY economy. The only ones who benefit are retirees with...
A reference to Constantinople would surprise me, since I thought they renamed it to Istanbul almost immediately upon taking it in 1453. And being...
AFAIK, the US and maybe Canada are about the only major countries you can spend 100+ year old currency in. We are a little unusual that way....
Nero debased down to 90% silver in the denari. It was emperors in the 3rd century who greatly debased the currency down to nearly nothing. Anyway,...
Yes sir I have. I would say in general its a function of age and/or rarity of the coin how much more lenient they are. Submit a Chain cent and it...
They are nice ones, with the eyes and defined snouts. The only better examples come with the city name of Olbia on them. Btw, they are circa...
I got mine in the mail today. Sorry for being slightly tardy, but should arrive in plenty of time for Christmas. Mail from Minneapolis seems to...
Name one purely fiat currency in existence before 1950 Inflexion. I cannot think of any, unless you do not count copper in the Chinese monetary...
REgarding the claim "gold has never been a danger", one should read Solzhintsin. In the Gulag Archepelago he details how rich people who did not...
I don't know anything about this area of collecting, but my guess would be the 00888800 and the 00888888 would be the most valuable. Is that right?
My large cent blurry picture story was an Ebay auction simply listed as "1812 coin and Bible". I got it for I believe $50. The pic was dark and...
I love blurry picture gambles. My best score ever was from such an auction. Personally I see corrosion, but like you know you can never tell...
Personally, I believe cast chinese coins are better candidates for certification than most other things being certified. I do not consider it,...
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