Paul Withers, one of the authors you mentioned, runs Galata.co.uk, a good dealer in books and coins in England.
I doubt if it works on multiples. I imagine they look at their hard costs, (silver blanks and packaging), labor costs, overhead, and then add 15%...
Agreed, sounds like conder tokens. Like any collectible, buying blindly usually ends up making you overpay. You wouldn't buy a house without an...
When it comes to ebay, I always just snipe auctions. I use snip.pl. I place bids, and if I win I win. I find if you hope too much you end up...
Honestly, to the OP, I would recommend buying the VAM book and a good grading guide. The best money to spend getting into Morgans would be the...
Understood, but I bet you half of all dealers are only dealers on a part time basis. :) Either way, point taken.
Whats wrong with it? The bronze disease?
Its Hobo! Welcome back buddy!
IDK, $50k is not that much in coins nowadays. I could see how he easily had that much in a car. Coins are pretty small, it gets kinda scary...
Sorry but all I see is an AG lincoln cent. I own a barber quarter with no legends whatsoever, they have been worn off. Wear is not a mint error....
Like others here, to me it appears that someone shaved the date off years ago, and it has retoned over the area. If it were a grease filled die,...
Fair enough sir, but I would categorize you as making money dealing in coins, not collecting coins. Anyone actively running auctions to sell, and...
They should have went with a bigger nose. She was Greek after all, and many ancient portraits have her sporting a larger scnoz. I guess I am...
Nice, from the Gallienus menagerie. Do you attempt to get the whole series? They are popular. Chris
Good information. I do not know much about those issues. I would agree PVC on any kind of collectible coin would be bad. Do you feel PVC on...
I would not care since its bullion. Any "PVC damage" would not be as bad for bullion as severe oxidation, since oxidation can lead to weight loss,...
Maybe for world coins, but for ancients its either XF, gXF, or FDC, (something I don't know if I would ever have the nerve to claim on a coin I...
You must be a better buyer than I. If I had to sell my coins, I sure as heck would lose money on many of them, probably most of them I have bought...
Yes it is. I kept this link someone posted here 6-9 months ago. I apologize I do not remember who posted it, but I did not find it myself:...
I wasn't arguing that, I was arguing the chart from its inception has been distorted to make investors believe coins are just as valid an...
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