Oh, there's a Mint error involved, all right -- the Mint failed to bust the perpetrators and confiscate the novelty.
Twitter showed a name I didn't recognize trending this afternoon. Apparently it's a new Fed board appointee, one who's said favorable things about...
I've heard the same thing, and I think it's terrible advice. "Buy the keys first" is a misconception based on reading old Red Book prices and...
I've been meaning to try ultrasonic cleaning, but haven't. I've seen hints here that the big grading companies sometimes use it as part of their...
So, um: [ATTACH] Trading an arbitrary ratio is still a horrible idea, IMHO. But tonight silver has legs and elbows and shoulders.
I usually sell at a local show, so with those not happening, I'm holding. Would normally sell some into this kind of rise, but I'm content to wait...
Now, that I like! Yep, let the record show: finally, a reverse proof I don't hate. :)
It looks like the damage is almost as old as the coin. I like the abandoned-love-token idea better. :)
It's been a while -- other things have eaten up the time I used to spend camping on eBay. A few highlights that pop to mind: "1997 proof set"...
Oh, he'll be back, no worries. He's nowhere near running out of words to put in my mouth. :rolleyes:
(ahem) "GSR 87. STILL WAITING"
Yeah, bit of a shame they never finished it.
And any time I see the suggestion to clean coins by rubbing them with ANYTHING, I want to shout: DO THIS ONLY ON COINS THAT ALREADY HAVE RUINED...
https://www.stltoday.com/news/got-spare-change-bank-paying-people-bonus-for-coins/article_c624c238-09e3-5587-a3fc-cb12a63a0635.html...
That's a question people have been asking a lot longer than either of us have been alive.
Yeah, no. Photos are too good at lying. Or, rather, photographers are too good at lying with photos.
Note that it hasn't sold yet.
Depends on the kind of coin. For Barber coins, almost anything in better than AG/G is worth handling separately, because the vast majority has...
Here's One Weird Hack for that dystopian future: make a list of things you'll need, and then buy them all in one trip through the checkout, rather...
Not that it will help you in our current circumstances, but: I've sold lots of common silver coinage ("Constitutional silver"/"junk silver") over...
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