But the story of the MS* one is super crazy!
Read this article here: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/bubble.asp The boom phase was most of 2025. Silver was high $20's, low $30's until...
Silver is down again to $77 this evening.... it has been so up and down. I stopped buying when silver was going up at $35... probably should...
I think these photos are cleverly taken to hide any signs of cleaning. I interpret the obverse to be too shiny. Details... I fall into the high...
The key is in the wording or the intent... these were not US mint products. "Minted" implies striking by a mint.. an official government agency.
No, not really... they made the model on a full size disk. They had a reducing lathe that worked on a ratio of gears. It took the original scale...
If that is a fake, it has been thoroughly abused. As for plating, try looking inside the gouge in the obverse field, and look inside the hole. See...
I had absolutely no idea what it would go for. Even with bad pictures, I trust the NGC designation since they've seen it in-hand. This is only...
What, no Stella? Lol. This is a great looking set. I actually like the circulated classic heads, I think they look nice. I would recommend...
I'm going to play a little loose with the "around $100"... This one shipped was $77. The mirrors don't come across in the GC pics at all, but they...
I have no idea about VAMs, but I like this one at 64. Reverse is pretty clean, but a couple of those hits look deep.
So were these used and traded as coinage? Both of the examples shown here appear quite worn.
I know a lot of the big traders are just buying paper. Little guys like me want the real deal. And honestly, I'll get back in if it stabilizes in...
Aes formatum are cool. I've seen plenty of dolphins, but I'm not sure I've seen a shell before. That looks cool.
You are the most specialized unspecialized collector I know - you are the Croesus archetype. Everything you touch is gold.
Priest: You tend to collect things related to Biblical texts. Art Aficionado: You only buy things with exceptional eye appeal. Trophy Hunter: You...
But this was supposed to be a sustainable price increase based on fundamentals! (LOL). I've been saying for a while now that this had bubble...
Dealers have never wanted credit cards at any show I've ever been to. The service fee they have to pay eats into their profit. Cash has always...
Have you ever interacted with Great Southern Coins? They're giving off really similar vibes to GSC.
To make it appear to look better to get more money. Or, to remove surface problems (to make it look better to get more money, lol).
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