Ya think, what are you going to do about the price spread ? As a general rule, any coin you buy at retail, - problem free or problem - you are...
Acetone is a solvent and it will do virtually nothing to ordinary dirt & grime, corrosion, and/or toning. In other words all of the things that...
Get some Verdi-Care, follow the directions. Then store the coin properly. That's about the best you can do. While the Verdi-Care will probably...
Ehhh - maybe. If you know what you are doing you can accurately grade a coin in about 6 seconds or less. It takes more time to enter the data than...
....... or that their grading standards are too lenient. That's one thing that a lot of people don't get, don't understand. A TPG will grade a...
Dipping a coin is and always has been an acceptable practice. There are literally millions and millions of dipped coins in NGC and PCGS slabs, in...
KM 377.2 is the Krause catalog number. Krause is what folks call it, it's full name is the Standard Catalog of World Coins. It is issued in 4...
Your coin is an 8 reales, I have no idea why somebody labeled it reales - escudo because it is definitely not an escudo. The escudo coins were...
Say it isn't so Mark :D
They, meaning PCGS, have far less competition today than they have had in years. But even when competition was the most severe nothing changed for...
Older stuff is much easier to find, and the older the better, to a point anyway. But from WW II on things get more difficult. But if you like...
It's called advertising, and it has a purpose as does all advertising. I'm reluctant to ask this, but how much advertising do you usually believe ?
It's both. There are so many variables involved it boggles the mind.
You can lead a horse to water ........................
That's not an uncommon problem, and the same problem exists with US coins from the same time period. Back then most collectors would get out a rag...
It was not so long ago that it was hard to find US dealers who were selling modern US coins, in fact it still is difficult. Yes you can easily...
When it comes to common world coins in lower grades or problem examples it can be difficult to find pricing information. For example, this is one...
OK, I assume you mean the Swiss 1/2 franc, not really an example I can do much with unfortunately. But as an example of what I wanted to show you...
Fixed that whoops for you ;) May I ask, what coin is it exactly ?
Yeah, but usually the only thing they are offering are bullion coins. But since you mention it, I can recall seeing a few Proof sets offered as...
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