Or just sell them on Ebay or here on CT. World coin collectors buy mixed coins by the pound all of the time. Search world coins on Ebay for "pound...
People say to only buy ounces because of efficiency. Per ounce, one ounce coins are the cheapest was to buy. 1/10 ouncers theoretically should...
I understand perfectly well what you are saying. You are the one not understanding that I am telling you that this action MAY NOT protect you, and...
I did Bob! :) I simply mentioned don't bother saving circulated change, only BU coins since those will have the best chance of increasing in price.
But only if there is still a relationship between the two. Physical PM and paper PM are not the same markets. You cannot really interchange them,...
Very true. I try to keep up with Al Jazeera just to remind myself how that area of the world thinks. For some really terrific, (horrific),...
Could be, but cost of production would actually go UP if there was an overall selloff of industrial metals like copper. If this happened, I don't...
Personally I could see $1400 gold, but $20 silver would be too much of a correction. Even though I am fine with my quantity owned I would...
You are correct Byzantine's usually have more flan unstruck around the edges than this coin. Also, many Byzantine's are ill struck, or worn. There...
Like Doug mentioned, you cannot disprove a negative, so you can never "prove" a coin is authentic. All you can do is get to the point where the...
I say its a nice XF, pleasing to look at. To expand on SWHuck's discussion about commonness. For any other coin this is a great condition. For...
I could see it easier with cents, (even though they carefully made post 83 cents LOOK identical to prior cents), but I am unsure about nickels....
While I would never put it past a large player in the market to use the media for his own gain, gold is a tough market to do that to. Silver would...
Ok sir, fair enough. :)
So do you believe the oil is removing the green toning/residue? I don't have a problem with that at all. Sorry if I seem squeamish, its just when...
The acetone ok, but my question sir is how long the oil will last? If its not permanent like the acetone dip taking the contamination away, what...
Very true, and there are so many permutations of this that makes 90% of people unclassifiable. An acquaintance of mine was semi-organized. He kept...
The only thing I could say is don't try to find circulated wheats or 1950's nickels to save for her. If holding for a long time, only put aside BU...
I like the article, thank you. I think it highlights well the extremes. To me, Doug Smith is a collector. He studies every coin he acquires, he...
Really cool, thanks for sharing these. I had never heard of Ajman, and I usually know geography pretty well.
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