I've been buying raw coins for over 50 years. Why would I stop now? I've also been buying slabbed coins for nearly 30 years. They all became...
Pictures--regardless of quality--have absolutely nothing to do with whether a purchase is "sight unseen". A seller can have the greatest photos...
Couldn't tell you since I don't shop on Ebay. My guess would be about the same number as the number of beer makers who tell you that their...
"High grade" to me is relative to where a coin falls in its actual grade. You can have a "high grade" VG-10 (one which just misses F-12) just...
I'll do the Oklahoma (ONA--May 6-8) and Texas state association shows (TNA May 20-22) and usually 1 national show such as FUN or Central States....
1. Coins/bullion created by the mint strictly for the collector...chiefly a. commems b. proofs c. bullion rounds such as AEs....
In a nod to the crusty old guys I will mention that I have posted this before. For the new folks, though... 1962--I was playing in a park when I...
This, I suspect is the most common way--either that, or heirs who really don't give a darn once they realize that they aren't going to get rich by...
I suspect that it depends on the series/date. For example, a type piece Morgan dollar is around 1000 bucks in PCGS MS65 DPML while a proof piece...
What you are describing isn't gradeflation but rather a result of gradeflation--the continuing degradation of grading standards. What was once a...
No, but I know a guy who collects coins on guns... [ATTACH]
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cents, nickels, dimes, quarters for spending and a single Kennedy half for my year set
Yes, and if you don't have a jug of drinkable water it's worth it. Ethical? IMO, no, but still worth every cent. As for non-necessities like...
If someone is willing to buy it at that price then it is worth it at that price--at least to the purchaser--and in the end his opinion is the only...
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By the same token, once you've put together the absolute BEST set possible of Morgan dollars you have a whole bunch of ugly coins, in my opinion....
I don't get it. What's the point of buying all those so call "perfect" MS 69 and 70 coins that never have nor ever will serve the express purpose...
So what difference does that make? The first 5 are counterfeits as well...just expensive ones.
Got the same email yesterday.
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