How so sir? How is it provable the damage to the coin was done by the mint? I am not trying to be snarky, I am honestly asking how these marks can...
You would have no disagreements from me sir if you are wishing to put aside 10% in PM as a diversification measure. Good luck! :)
Hmm, I do not own a coin with adjustment marks from the mint that were done post strike. In fact I have never really heard of that short of semi...
Always remember too the point Doug made about these being in banks. I have heard credible stories that these were still in bank vaults, (BU), up...
Even when they did do adjustment marks, the strike would have eliminated most traces of them. The first coin is simply a damaged coin that I agree...
If you are convinced its undervalued, then go for it. I would simply say those who bought those same saints in the 80's were not looking at their...
My response would be that: 1. The treasurer of a small state like SC is not in the "in" crowd. He most likely has as much "insider knowledge"...
I would have called out NGC on that. What justification could they have to body bag as cleaned a coin fresh from the mint?
Yes sir, very much so. There are literally hundreds or thousands of stories like this in coin collecting. Having this knowledge is the difference...
For those who maybe don't know which their sheets are, (and the smell of PVC goes away with time), feel your pages. If they are soft and pliable,...
Sounds you are a good son for him. I wish my Dad collected just so we would have something in common. I think about the only thing he collects is...
I agree. Yes, eventually, (and hopefully), someday there will be a single volume book on US coins that is better, but the fact is 25 years after...
Or the 55s cent, or bicentennial coins, or state quarters. :)
That's a really nice empress Mat. You must be proud of that one. Its interesting how the whole "long neck" look they used on the empresses as...
His Encyclopedia of US and Colonial Coins is probably the one single greatest book on US coins a person can own, with it only being debatable with...
It was just a shock I guess. I was wondering if there was some shilling or something going on. That is a popular type, but not scarce, and this...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/M-AEMILIUS-SCAURUS-P-HYPOSAEUS-58BC-AR-DENAR-ROMA-3-70g-18mm-RR-II-8A-/330706421348?pt=UK_Coins_Ancient_RL&hash=item4cffa38...
Its a classic case of whatever the general public believes will be collectible generally won't be. The story was that a few of these got gold...
Honestly, thinking about it, I resent even the term "raw" that was introduced by the TPGers. "Raw" connotes unfinished, like our coins are not...
Well I asked for a lot more than that, but it seems this is all I got.....
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