IDK about slabs, but I have seen coins from a fire in those old heavy plastic capitol holders. They all sold for melt since the plastic had melted...
I would dare to argue the opposite. I do not disagree that slabs can lower the risk of new collectors, but I believe its a crutch. Way too many...
To the OP, I am just not sure how I can help in suggestions. I don't know what metal you like, how much total you wish to spend, how much per coin...
Well I was thinking of it as a business idea for Mr. Carr. He could strike generic coin sized tokens of the right color saying "see slab", or even...
I hear what you are saying, and if you do just want it in the set I understand. Btw, I would not necessarily trust myself with this date in...
So all of his coins are a better date? Kinda like Lake Wobegon, where all of the children are above average. :)
Well one of the bronzes I bought Friday were "colorized", a nice pretty green. Of course, it was not colorized by the mint, it was colorized by a...
Yeah, that is a pretty good one. :) I wonder if its a 16d mercury blank?
I agree with the above, and personally even though I hate slabs would buy a slabbed example and keep it in the slab. Have a placeholder made up...
I agree people have short memories. I remember the coin shows all panicing back then, people asking what to do, and I was just shrugging it off...
Yeah, and it was really apparent with baseball cards, beanie babies, premade "collectible" plates, old cookie jars, etc. The internet has been a...
I always thought, if the Red Book truly was going to be the bible of US numismatics, and the one book everyone tells a new collector to buy, they...
No, not any more than millions of other cast coins, like other Central Asian issues, early Roman bronze, and most Chinese coins. Cast versus...
Tooling is where you take a coin missing details and re-engrave them. Large roman bronzes this is common for, (but still lessens value...
I actually have an extra "line" version of this coin, as well as an extra "pitchfork reverse" version as well. Just seeing if you are still...
I do not know the background, but my guess would be the bee was the symbol of that town. Ancient Greek coins frequently featured the animal/plant...
I just bought a Mexican 20 peso at spot. Are you saying there are not gold coins produced currently that are available cheaper than a 20% premium?...
LostDutchman posted early on that he buys coins from Coinstar employees that are retrieved from an internal collection device. I thought it was...
It was nice meeting you Bruce. :) I think we both had a fun time, and going by Megabus for anyone able to really helps make the trip more...
I would echo Bruce's observations from CICF. Lots of interest from foreign nationals. I have heard a lot of the coins the US bought in the 90's...
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