That isn't true. I have a great deal of respect for the TPGs. And many times I have said that the TPGs are the best thing that ever happened to...
Oddly enough, the very first coins I was ever given for my collection were two Barber dimes, a 1903 and a 1910 - the birth years of my...
No, I wouldn't. As you say, that is a promissory note, an IOU, not money that can be spent. The notes I mentioned were money that could be spent...
That's not the point. The point is that likes are supposed to be given because somebody liked what you had to say. Not to win a contest.
It goes back a lot further than that. The first notes the world ever saw were printed in China in 118 B.C. They were printed on white deer skin...
It has been my experience to put any credence in the TPG beyond authentication, any TPG, is a mistake. And as long as you buy from a seller you...
Don't make it like this one. Had I caught this soon enough I would have closed it. If you wish to hold a contest involving Likes, then have your...
I would go along with Eduard's grades, but I would give them detail grades only. In other words, I see them all as problem coins - ungradeable.
Too many people get hung up on the slabs, or perhaps I should say which TPG slab it is. Forget the dang slab ! It doesn't matter which TPG slabbed...
But they put off a weird light that makes it hard to see some things. The best type of light to use when examining coins is incandescent.
Volume II.
Nothing special about that assayer.
Worthless, all of them, so inaccurate they are even harmful to collectors. As far as a price guide, the Grey Sheet is the best there is, even...
Over the years there have been a lot of threads on this subject. Here are just a few of them - http://www.cointalk.com/t193554/...
I dunno, there is a lot about that coin that matches up to the genuine details and diagnostics. But there is also a lot about it that does not...
Simple answer, if the coin is not worth $150-$200 then don't bother spending the money to get it slabbed. Of course that presents you with other...
faceglider - Try reading what you find here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_standard http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41887.pdf To say...
Sure we have the technology. They had the technology to produce, for all intents and purposes, airtight coin holders even 200 years ago. (see...
SPP - the reason I am so skeptical about their slabs being watertight is because nobody else's slabs are watertight. And the reason they are not...
I don't think there's anybody who understands being proud of your collection better than I do. When I was still collecting I was as proud as...
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