There are also a lot more buyers for 09svdbs, too. Either coin, though, at current prices there appear to be more sellers than buyers.
Did you want the SMSs more than the silver dollars you traded? If so, you made a good trade...if not, you didn't--regardless of the comparative...
Actually, if you have a half million dollar COLLECTION, let alone single coin, you can expect any of the major coin auction houses to not only...
They make display albums as well. http://www.air-tites.com/air-tite_coin_albums.htm#.VIr0i2d0y70
Most dealers unconditionally guarantee the authenticity of the coins they sell. Time is not--nor should it ever be--a factor.
Not everyone...
From what you say about the value of the individual coins I wouldn't expect NGC/PCGS certification to matter enough to cover the cost of...
I've been attending coin shows for over 50 years I can assure you that the average show attendee's age hasn't changed a bit. Most were in their...
Summer 1963...an 11 year old boy is playing in a city park across the street from his house. He sees something in the grass and picks it up. It...
Several years ago I got a reminder from someone on the PCGS boards that I owed him a check for a coin he had sent on approval. I got to looking...
Cleaned VF...at this grade level the rim ding doesn't really bother me that much.
It wasn't that the trade dollars were not good silver. It was the fact that they had no legal tender status requiring that they be accepted at...
Yes, de-monetized dollar coins which were readily available from brokers at 80 cents on the dollar. Companies would buy them up in large numbers...
A guess, but, homage to his supposed quote, "A penny saved, is a penny earned."?
Something to keep in mind is that many counterfeits had wear artificially added to them in order to help them pass. For example, while the OP's...
Early to mid 80s as certification was getting started. ANACS quite often used split grades on their certificates. Edit to add: Just noticed...
This is the type of coin that back in the day would have received a split grade--63/65. Since those are no longer given I called it 64.
Something to keep in mind. It is a logical impossibility to pay more for something than it is worth. One can, of course, pay more than any...
Buying my first one...I've had little to no disposable income since.
It's thought that the reverse die was mistakenly sent from Philadelphia without a mintmark (normally the branch dies were marked prior to...
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