Whether he could sell it for what he paid (or more) for it is irrelevant. The coin is "worth" a minimum of what he paid for it TO HIM. And since...
Wrong.. Whatever he paid for it is its minimum value. It was worth at least that much to him. Regardless of whether he can sell it for that...
Premiums--regardless of grade--usually don't pick up until high R-4 to the R-5 levels. The 103 is one of--if not the--most common die marriage...
I've found in the past when Heritage does this that it is much simpler to just go to the auction company's site and place an absentee bid then let...
Something to keep in mind about "undipped" silver coins is that if it is "a bright shiny coin from say 100 years ago" then (other than Morgan...
Back in the late 1970s I had an older friend who owned both a 1796 and a 1797 half; he offered to trade my choice of the two for a couple of my...
What kind of budget per coin are you looking at? You asked about the Numismedia prices for $1000+ coins. Are you looking to spend this as an...
No, 6 years later and I still have no idea who sent it to me. Oh well, at least it's a nice coin. Would have hated if my free coin had...
When you start posting threads like this one on different coin forums.:eggface:...
That's the point. The fact that the TPG label doesn't say that it has been cleaned doesn't mean that it hasn't been. It merely means that in the...
No different than the "BUY ME" crap being issued every day by the US mint. Everything has a place and someone who wants it.
Just about to say the same thing.
I do too. However, I'm waiting on August 1, 2016! :wacky:
I think Nevadabell was saying that the quarter his father owns is an AG--not the OP's dime which I would call a strong VF to weak EF.
Different naming convention. The Breen book came well before Wiley/Bugert.
They do include a complete picture of the coin--which to me at least is the important thing. I couldn't care less what the holder looks like.
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Not, IMO, a real problem at this grade level. Good/very good coins are going to have some contact problems. They couldn't have circulated long...
over-rated? bust half dollars...no one should ever collect one of these. Especially 1827s.;)
Frank forgot the 1827/6 O-102 [IMG] [IMG]
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