Those are good pics, but they almost look 'textbook-ish' instead of real-life pics. You don't see much in the way of luster, shine, reflection,...
I noticed the same thing....:D
Rhein, I'm not a photog expert by any stretch but does your phone have anti-shake technology and/or are you holding it loosely by hand ? If the...
If the crack-out game came into high-flying existence in the 2000's, then that would be one period when grading was most definitely 'looser.'...
Looks high-end or the light is obscuring high mark wear and bag marks. I said MS-65 but thought it looked very good... MS-65+ or MS-66 wouldn't...
Only about 10% away right now...if the Fed starts hiking, that could depress gold quite a bit. I've been watching the MS-65 generic commons like...
Paul, I can't speak for the doily per se and not the specific coin you reference, but at coin shows I've attended the OGH's seem to command a...
Sounds reasonable....it's human nature to resist to the new environment, you see it now even with savvy oil companies who have been around a long...
Thanks GD....I will give it a shot and report back.
Fascinating post.....awesome !
No I'm not....I'm just trying to show that when you are paying a huge premium to bullion for commons or semi-scarce years/mintages, there's...
OK, here's the correct quote....it was from John Albanese of CAC right around the time that CAC started up (2008): "....in January 2000, gold...
You know what, GD ? You are absolutely correct. I don't know where I got those numbers from. I even started this thread with some pictures of...
http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2252802
Makes sense, IM.....what would be most useful would be those people who bought at huge premiums in both 1988-90 and 1999-2002. The rising price...
Agreed...makes sense...but then why are so many dealers 'sticky' on prices when the price of gold (or Saints) has fallen noticeably and they must...
Wow, nice cover...peak of the Coin Bubble, too. Tom, Lehigh...good stuff, thanks for the info.
Thanks Burton...I actually don't think there are too many people focused on the slab as opposed to the grade ON the slab. But I do think that...
Tom, I think your timeline overlaps pretty much what I have read and heard from a few people who were active back then. You could nit-pick a bit...
Not necessarily.....Central Banks are supposed to be the backstops. Bear Stearns failed -- problem lasted a week as it was mopped up. Lehman...
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