To a degree yes. You have to admit Soros' investment cannot be analyzed excluding the size he is dealing with. As long as your purchases and sales...
Bodie, Cloud and I were both buying silver in the 70's, just FYI.
Sorry, flans are used more in ancient coin terminology. Maybe I should have used planchet.
So, what are you wanting to clean off of your coins? If it is dust or easily removed things like that I would say distilled water followed by a...
Most you see will be late 1820's-1830's. Those are the most common dates. Earlier the better. If you wanted to get into varieties you could, but...
Sometimes maybe I am just naive, but to me I don't see any manipulation or conspiracy, I see a lot of emotions in PM trading. I also believe...
Man, that one really surprises me. Has anyoen ever traced the provenance? My thinking is that these almost had t have been made on purpose at the...
I agree with Guy but would expand his advice. I would say buy a collector coin not tied to bullion instead of just copper. A bust half dollar has...
My advice would be high quality scarce coins. Key or not these almost always hold thier value. Examples would be XF up early cents, high grade...
Adeline, Most coin stores back their coins, so always keep yoru reciepts. TBH, the best defense is knowledge, so you are starting on the right...
One comment I would make Doug is that I disagree with your VF soft coin grade. To me that coin should be F or gF (soft strike). Typically ancient...
^This. I would not read too much into the fact that dealers bought at X and want to sell for X+y. The early 80's were full of overpriced silver...
Good advice on the surface, but in 1999 many were following this exact advice and bought on the dips of tech stocks. Just because something was...
Physical prices always diverge from market prices. This is always apparent in fast moving markets. This is driven by investor sentiment as to...
I hate to say it Cloud, but are you saying some kind of timed purchase mechanism that would try to circumvent human psychology may have a place in...
Yes, its priced close if it is cleaned. Most smelters will pay you close to melt for cleaned wire since electrical wire is about the purest copper...
Lol yeah, of course. I have bought duplicates many times, sometimes on purpose. I have bought lots at auctions by not paying attention. I have...
Has anyone ever heard why there seems to be higher levels of brockages in Republican coins than most other series? I just see a whole bunch on...
Doug is right. A single photo will do more harm than good by itself since every coin is unique but people want to focus on just one area of a coin...
I agree that physical selling would be easier and probably preferred if you have no numismatic interest in your physical holdings. I am in the...
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