Sorry but you are dead wrong - on both counts ! It's absolutely abrasive and you've scratched every one of them to death. Now you may claim you...
I agree with ya on that. But when it comes to coins, some if not even many of their "experts" - aren't so expert. And what they think the proper...
"if it is reasonable" - that's kind of it isn't Greg ? They decide what's reasonable and what isn't - that much is undeniable. Greg you've been...
And I may have been thinking about the 8 reales coins, I dunno. Sold most all my books on Colonial Spain years ago. I just remember the incident...
Well, to be honest with you that's about the most common reason there is for those new to the hobby, and or those collectors who are...
I don't think Silver City Auctions and Silvertowne are affiliated with each other. Silvertowne is a pretty major dealer, but they're in Indiana,...
I'm just going by memory but I'm think they only used that old bust on coins for 1 year. And if I recall correctly, it was more of a timing issue...
Call 'em up, that's all it takes, they'll talk to ya. As for museums, as a general rule, when it comes to cleaning coins I wouldn't trust any...
There is one thing that has not been said, at least not that I noticed. It regards FMV, fair market value - the TPG itself decides what FMV...
A rule of thumb - a problem coin will be worth anywhere from between 20-80% of what a comparable problem free example is worth. And that's really...
The 4 companies that pretty much everybody knows about are the TPGs - ANACS, ICG, NGC, PCGS. They will all clean your coins for you - for a price,...
Yes it is, but that's because ebay removes all closed auctions after a short time. But pics of the coin in that link are posted elsewhere in this...
Yup, I've repeated that in more posts than I care to count.
At the time I think it was the 2nd lowest commem ever. And back then, gold was around $300 an ounce so the coins were cheap in that regard. Issue...
It's because problem coins do not, cannot, even have a grade. So what they do is try to tell you what your coin would be kinda like a problem free...
A couple of reasons. You can hairline a coin with a Q-tip, even without using dip ! And with dip, it's a lot easier to do it ! And two, because...
e-Z-est is as good as any, better than some. But bear this in mind. You can ruin any coin you dip in a fraction of a second. And, dipping coins,...
I predicted hardly anybody would buy them, particularly the gold. So I bought a boatload of 'em. And once the mintage was announced prices shot up...
Welllllllll - that's kinda like saying yeah, you can throw gasoline on that fire, we can always put it out. 'Course what ya don't know is what...
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting on that John :D
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