And if you buy them in a brick and mortar store you pay 5 or 6 times as much as you would buying them on-line. And not everybody rapes you on...
Based on your comment you are buying these 10 coins from an individual and you have no idea if the coins are genuine or what the grade of the...
We often forget way too much.
I would agree with that. But it also depends on what the pedigree is. Some of them are nothing more than marketing schemes. But then there are...
I will agree that Paul's pics make the coins "look" better. But that is not a good thing IMO. I would much prefer to see pics that clearly show...
Really ? Kinda odd, because the biggest one there ever was, was precisely because of what people were posting in a chat room/forum. I helped some...
Dru - the Smithsonian will even admit that they routinely take the coins in their collection and polish them up with rags on a regular basis. Now...
Looking at STATES I would say that is a possibility. Of course it is also possible that buyer had more money than sense.
Been there, done that - http://www.coinworld.com/news/010603/News-5.asp
You may well be able to sell them to a coin dealer. What he offers will depend on the dates, mint marks etc. He may only offer face value.
I have no idea what is in it, just like I have no idea what is in Biox. All I know is it is a chemical that supposedly removes verdigris. I can...
Yeah, museums use it, museums also rub their coins with cloth to polish them up and make them look better - to the public anyway. What you have...
I moved your post to a new thread because it really had nothing to do with the other thread. But to answer your question - yes, they are.
The first VF - maybe $25. Second F - maybe $20 on a good day.
Paul you ever been through a suit ?
David action being taken about fakes and whatnot on ebay was going on here years before you arrived. As for making changes to Wiki, yeah, I've...
You have any idea what a lobbyist cost ? And they would have to lobby Congress not the Treasury. No coin changes have been made in decades unless...
Well, that depends. How would you feel if you knew you could get the same coins for a buck or two not in a slab ? Still think they are worth $7-$8 ?
Yeah, and spend even more money. Don't ya get it ? It's not the suit that matters - it's all the money you have to spend. And what if you don't...
Frank I understand your point all too well. However, one of the things that Peter insisted upon when he built this site was that people shoul dbe...
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