Like I said, a ton of people hate SL design too. I personally think low grade barber coins are boring and ugly, but thats unfair since they are...
One thing to consider is scope. Back in 1933 private US gold was a large percentage of national wealth. Therefor, consfiscation of gold helped the...
In cash only Jello. The 10,000 threshold is for cash payments to my knowledge, not wires or checks, (which leave their own trail).
The dirty little secret about why a lot, (not all), people were upset is that collectibles IS an area where people do not report income taxes. Its...
The rays led to premature cracking of the dies. Nickel is a very hard metal, and that extra design element was just destroying dies. All shields...
I understand Doug, and you are exactly right. I was just asking if it was a case that "proof" was created for the same reason artist proofs are...
I expected a little hate on Barbers and SL coinage, (though no one has mentioned that one yet). These are usually because they are mostly found...
Yes, but with the uncertainty out there, I believe that could be a high risk play today, too risky for my blood. In more normal markets I might...
My opinion would be that this is an illustration of two things. One, silver has industrial applications and most other industrial materials are...
Just to clarify, Numislit on Ebay and Vcoins is Charles Davis, a very nice dealer I also buy from. Numislit on the web is Kolbe and Fanning, also...
I would point out that maybe this is happening to US coins, but ancients are far from cooling off. I would say in the last 3 years decent ancient...
I understand your post Doug, I also know that you have posted many times that you feel money is better spent on coins than numismatic books. I...
Well an artist's proof is not inked twice, most other "proofs" are simply early impressions taken when everything is as good as it will be. Who...
Interesting discussion. I guess I am more along the lines of the definition in Wikipedia: "Proof coinage means special early samples of a coin...
Well what got my thinking about palladium more was a conversation with a chip chemical engineer who said demand at his firm for palladium has...
I would say that if you are buying a collectible coin go ahead. I am not afraid of buying silver or gold coins today, I am just not buying items...
I would choose something like a Hepthalite silver coin. I would choose this since simply nothing is known about their civilization except from...
I am a little lower I guess than your threshold. I would say any coin that was taken special care of in striking would be a proof. In yoru...
Very good point. If someone spends all of their time just trying to "catch a deal" relative to the market, they are the equivalent of day traders...
I agree with physical PM as well. Most things I prefer paper assets, but lets face it, in the history of PM there has been a lot of shenanigans...
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