You've mentioned this before, and it deserves more emphasis. A great advantage of private insurance is that when you ship a package, you put a...
It's all digital; no film. Stored on multiple servers in different locations. Cal
The US government does subjective grading of some things. Mostly things we put in our mouth, like meat and produce. I've had a long association...
Great looking bunch of early half eagles. I neeeed that 1807! Cal
My old green holder is shown at the top of the pic. I can increase the value of any coin in a slab by transferring it from a newer blue holder...
This is a good point. It's a benefit of private shipping insurance that I didn't recognize until I obtained it. Still seems strange submitting a...
The coin was offered for sale by Park Avenue Numismatics in March 2018 for $78K. Don't know what happened to it after that. Previously is was...
"Aye, there's the rub." William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1. ;) Cal
Link below is a more extensive article. Appears man had a long criminal history. Cal Link:...
Man allegedly murdered wife when she took $3 million in gold coins from safe. Circumstantial case based on DNA from carpet stains and bone...
Back in the bad old days, proof was often used as a grade. Not uncommon to see dealer lists or auction catalogs listing coins in "proof...
And it all started with this: (I don't own one. :() [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
From the collector's point of view, yup. The mint's view is probably that they should price to maximize current profit. Cal
Yep, that works too, somewhat similar to a Google search. Still it's strange that PCGS doesn't have a systematic way of choosing country, type...
I didn't realize that PCGS had a database of auction prices for world coins until recently. If you click on Auction Prices Realized at the bottom...
I agree completely and have posted the same previously. I can see good reasons why someone might not post pictures, security being one. But when...
They're already accomplished coin collectors. :( Cal
I think NGC figures that virtually all the PCGS coins will disappear from their registry eventually. Some will be crossed to NGC holders. Many...
Several of the GB Conder tokens had the cheery theme shown on the ha'penny below. Cal [ATTACH]
Silver war nickel set. Many years ago. Still raw. Cal
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