Slightly OT, but does anyone know if the large firms have upped their offer for these sets, or are they the same as when they first went on sale....
Yes welcome Jeff. Trust me, we all started with small collections and now look at us! :) You are indeed wise seeking education, since as in all...
I very well could be wrong about them, but I simply like having diversity. We talk here about having PM as a contra asset being sound financially,...
I agree with Cloud I saw those disasters coming, but for different reasons. All of those companies listed had opaque finances. If I cannot clearly...
Yes sir, typically NGC or PCGS on this board. You are very correct, please ask questions. I didn't know a lot of acronyms thrown around here when...
True. There were 3 coin shops in my town growing up, one run by a "cranky old man", one by a young wheeler and dealer, and a third by a young...
A quick aside to rodeoclown about baseball cards, please skip if not interested: Rodeoclown, I lol when I read you mention Cal Ripken Jr. His...
First one also in a Fel Temp Reparatio reverse. All of them OP are Roman mid fourth century bronzes, probably the most common ancients known. In...
Email just received: "Dear United States Mint Customer: We are fully aware of the difficulties many customers encountered last week with...
Funny you mention the lack of fun brought about from slabbing baseball cards. I collected them when I was younger and still have about a trunk...
Thinking about it some more, you can't start over really, can you? Read a little more while I explain. Everyone here is saying to buy better...
All of this stuff regarding to slab or not, to open or not, simply has me frozen not knowing what to do I guess. I bet you money when the 5 sets...
Could you avoid the $40 or $50 fee if you had a friendly dealer send them in for you?
Good point. Bubbles are never "bubbles" under after the fact. Many times price appreciation is simply revaluing a market, and stays permanent. I...
Interesting thought. I remember that as well, and people kidded me for recommending such an "old fashioned" idea 15 years ago. I never linked...
Ditto. First, there were no case for coins from the US mint back then, so we know for sure that this was bought afterwards. Second, see how...
I agree as well. I am pretty big in Byzantine history, and to be able to travel around and see the "third Rome" myself would be incredible. I...
That is what I have heard. I have never seen a coin from Vlad, (I am sure they would be popular), but one from his uncle, (wallachian coin?). I do...
Elagabalus' grandmother? She had her own daughter and grandson killed to put her other grandson on the throne to stay in power. Maybe not the...
They can be done like Doug says, but there are some special rules. Usually the loses primarily help to offset gains, but it can be a tricky little...
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