I ran into a similar situation with an elderly friend who inherited her mothers coin collection and knew nothing about coin. I spent the better...
I always seem to need a washer I don't have. Maybe I should invest in Chinese coins!:bear:
Some people are smitten with holders. ANACS would probably increase their business if they used an attractive holder. Buy the coin, not the...
Sandpaper already has a nice grading scale. Just visit your local hardware store.
Meow reminds me of Jimmy on a Seinfeld episode.
I can't agree more with that. I've bid on some nice ones hoping that others would skip by them because they weren't in NGC or PCGS plastic....
That's a good reason to buy nice coins in ANACS slabs. If you do your homework you can get a great coin at a great price. You can even crack it...
I treat my coin collecting as a hobby. When the time comes to liquidate the collection I expect to get at least some or most of my monetary...
I think the mothership has landed.:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
I'll let you know if I live 1000 years. I'm sure I'll be encased in a different kind of slab without attribution.
PCGS - Professional Conifer Grading Service
It also needs a few colorful beans.
They can tell you if the tree is genuine or fake.
Definitely looks dipped.
Rules are for amateurs:yawn:
Tumor?
Roughly speaking, what's the percentage of planchets that are thin like the OPs coin in a given year?
I had the same thought years ago before I retired. Then when I finally retired and moved to a different state my focus was on downsizing and I...
About the only thing I ever got from a delivery guy was the middle finger.
That's a great story. I had a roll of partial date common buffalo's that I ran through the banks coin counter along with other common change in...
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