@Cherd, when pricing coins and other collectibles, demand is far more important than supply. You could have something that is unique, but if no...
My thought would be leave it alone. You might like what is under the crud even less.
It will have wait until Monday.
One bit of advice that “money experts” gave to people was to buy “things” in those days because cash was constantly losing its value. The coin...
Making general statements about whether a coin will cross grading services in the same grade or go up or down is impossible. Each case is...
My foreign and ancient coins are arranged by age. The inventory list is by king or emperor. My photos are by the name of the ruler, mostly. A few...
Believe it or not, according the book on 20 cent piece die varieties, the Philadelphia Mint received a few of the coins for melting as late as...
I'm old, and my dad has been gone for 25 years. I still have the last coin he bought for me. It was at a flea market that was connected with a...
It does not matter. If you have a home invasion with the crooks having guns drawn, you can open the safe or face something a lot worse.
More than this [ATTACH] or this? [ATTACH]
As a retired coin dealer, I can tell you that you can't survive in that business if you don't know how to grade coins. There are over, under and...
Here is the 1812 - 2012 Star Spangled Banner $5 gold coin in Proof. This was where I noticed the graininess for the first time and found it...
Since I paid a lot more for one coin in my 1936 Proof set than I have to pay for the modern silver Proof set from the mint, I'll keep up the date...
It's easy enough to understand why stamps with a stated value sell for less than their face value. They are a pain to use, especially for trivial...
For the income tax, your cost includes the amount you paid for the sets plus all of the expenses connected with acquiring them, including shipping.
It’s hard to see the luster in the photo, but the design details look like AU-58. The slab grade will probably be 55 or 58, no lower. I messed up...
I don’t except at coin convention exhibits. Having a big display in your house is almost like putting a sign on your lawn that reads, “A coin...
Yes, but when you are a collector, you don’t want to wait the three or four years it will take for the sets to be out of sight and out of mind so...
I found that some of emperors who are supposed to be “easy” are not that way if you are looking for coins with all or most of the lettering...
I am till working on the emperors after Constantine. My enthusiasm is not quite as great. [ATTACH] Bronze quarter maiorina of Constans,...
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