How much did you pay for this Icerain? I am asking since something has me nervous about the portrait. Hoave you checked the edges?
Ok, someone please, please tell me "slabs errors" are not the new "coin collecting" fad. Either that: [ATTACH] Or this cat gets it. :(
He's an annoying puke, but he sees the big picture and of all of the units that you see, he makes the best decisions. Some of the junkie units...
And we wonder why so much of the general public considers coin collecting to be just a group of thieves. Part of it is because we are...
I saw it. My wife was reacting to me getting po'ed saying "maybe it was from a few years ago". I was reacting to them saying "proof coins" while...
Yeah, but you are just an old softie. :) If I were like Doug, and not interested in buying coins but just appraising I would charge unless it...
It depends. In broadcasting there is a need for a lot of "filler" advertising. These are ads where the TV station only makes money if people buy....
I agree you time is worth money, but so is access to buying coins. I know many dealers who give free appraisals in the situation you describe....
True sir, but I bet 99% of collectors will do just fine with an older edition. I update mine about once a decade. If you research prior editions,...
It is truly sad. The point that needs to be made to your Congressmen, (and if you do not contact thier Washingtion offices after reading this,...
Don't get me started on the food if the food in WI is anything like MN. Can I buy me some spices? The chili tastes like tomato soup. Nothing wrong...
Cool. I might one one of these, I honestly cannto remember. The important question is: Who was his wife and did she have any coins made? ;)
OP, this is the crucial, specific knowledge that is critical. RLM knows his market, where to look, and which data points are more valuable than...
Its a Roman Republican coin minted 77 BC. I don't normally collect them, I just bought this one because the lady looks like my mother, and the...
Going off of memory, but I believe 264,000 1916 d mercuries were minted. Most were saved. That is a lot of mercury dimes, right? What about the...
I respect your position and your collecting goals. I also think you are right someday there probably will be more demand. I just don't like the...
IDK about the source of the silver when the US got it, but I know for sure the ASE program was purchasing the US stockpile of silver when it was...
Two words: Mint sets. Okay, a third word: fugly. I think there is more than enough uncirculated coins around at least for the years in which...
My only question sir is how do you know they are physically melted? There is a huge firm in TX that buys bags of silver from around the country,...
They sure did in the 80's. The government stockpile of silver was the catalyst of the ASE program. They created it to get rid of all of the silver...
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