I agree 100% Michael. However - the majority of the price guides, magazines, various web sites that advertise themselves as price guides - let's...
In the future ? I know for an absolute fact that coins have been AT'd for at least 20 years where nobody can tell the difference. Seen it happen...
statequarterguy - you really need to get your facts straight. I don't know, maybe it was the article that you say you read that was wrong - but...
Please tell me how you define better.
The dates for cobs of the dates you ask about were typically found on the outer edges of the coin on the overse - the shield side. But what you...
For most people it does, I used to be an exception to that rule. When I was still collecting I tried to be the first to ever collect a date set of...
Except for one thing, they cannot return the metal because they do not have it any more. As was stated - the "lease" is merely renewed in most...
If you had been around here longer you would know that I am constantly warning about that. Of course it only refers to modern bullion coins &...
Of course I can because the records are quite clear. Take a look at the chart below - [IMG] Clearly the market started upward in 1983. The...
Well, I thought it referred to a collection and book on that collection by Basel. But everything I found yesterday was in German and I'm quite...
If you read this you will have a basic understanding of leasing gold or silver -...
Would I be correct in assuming that you did not see this coin in hand before purchasing it ?
You're mixing things up a bit. The 2 things you are talking about had nothing to do with each other. The grade change - when MS65s became MS63s...
Well the coin market has been in a downturn for almost 2 years now. Yes - that means your coin was actually worth more 2 years ago than it is now....
But that is what I am saying - those huge price differences have existed as long as the grades have existed. People just didn't seem to notice...
Sorry, I have no references for the minors, just the crowns & talers of that era. Have to rely on Bart or DCH for this one, maybe another member...
I will readily admit that I have TRIED to forget most of them :p
One other point to make. Whether some of you realize it or not there are thousands of collectors who search modern coins on a daily basis looking...
No spock, we have never done that. Find a raw coin that is worth more than you paid for it - sure. But find a raw coin that is worth triple what...
I don't deny that and never did. But it is a matter of degree. None of them - not a single one - ever left the mint looking like that. And for...
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