For 100 year old coins? No, the expectation is not that they have all been cleaned. 200 years old it gets much harder, and most ancients have been...
Lol of course. I pursue so more esoteric areas of collecting at times, and right now when I am buying even one more collector really ups my costs....
Cloud makes an excellent point about your idea of holding to the ratio. This is a very bad idea, just like portfolio balancing. THe difference...
While its different, I would not invalidate it. I buy there all of the time, I set snipes up days ahead of time. While this is somewhat different,...
I try, (when I am rational), to try to remember that Ebay is effectively a 3 second auctioneer. Everything up until then is fluff, but it still...
Erm, if you do, YOU are the one buying the gold. Reverse dowry in those cultures.
I know the feeling though Marshall. I found a rare BMC book on Ebay about 3 months ago, and it stayed at .99 for most of the auction, moving up to...
Put some AU or MS silver in those and see what happens. I believe this is a major source of toned coins on the market today. I have bought many...
That is fine to think Jim, I just know I own at least 5 ounces of it due to Asian culture that I cannot sell, but would have never bought. This...
Great points. Early one SL quarters were not even evaluated on Full Head, but Full Breast. If you had a choice between FS, grat details, and FS...
Well I am sure I speak for everyone hoping that everyone commenting here continues to post. Reading divergent opinions always have to clarify...
The last time I took time to go through Smithsonian holdings in person was when they had everything on display. I understand they took most of...
It will deplete, of course, its just that it will not be as quick as most predict. Same as metals, there will be a point in time where mine...
I like PVC 2x2's, but then again I like to take my coins out of their holders a lot. For really nice coins I put them in airtites and then into...
Valerian was the "footstool" emperor, right?
Good point about peaks, they always assume current technology and current pricing. That is the fallacy, as decreased supply spurs technlogy and...
Not having a lot of experience I couldn't tell you EEW if they are better than not. However, what Doug said about averaging out sales prices is...
Yeah, this was the Merrill Lynch fiasco that exascerbated the coin market decline in the end of the 80's/early 90's. They helped fuel the upturn,...
Yes the flux is acid, but plumbing solder at Home Depot can be bought all day long for about $7-8, so I seriously doubt there is, or has been for...
Actually, silver is not used in plumbing solder at all. I know for a fact, since I have a few rolls on hand. Silver solder mainly today is only...
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