I don't think Silver City Auctions and Silvertowne are affiliated with each other. Silvertowne is a pretty major dealer, but they're in Indiana,...
I'm just going by memory but I'm think they only used that old bust on coins for 1 year. And if I recall correctly, it was more of a timing issue...
Call 'em up, that's all it takes, they'll talk to ya. As for museums, as a general rule, when it comes to cleaning coins I wouldn't trust any...
There is one thing that has not been said, at least not that I noticed. It regards FMV, fair market value - the TPG itself decides what FMV...
A rule of thumb - a problem coin will be worth anywhere from between 20-80% of what a comparable problem free example is worth. And that's really...
The 4 companies that pretty much everybody knows about are the TPGs - ANACS, ICG, NGC, PCGS. They will all clean your coins for you - for a price,...
Yes it is, but that's because ebay removes all closed auctions after a short time. But pics of the coin in that link are posted elsewhere in this...
Yup, I've repeated that in more posts than I care to count.
At the time I think it was the 2nd lowest commem ever. And back then, gold was around $300 an ounce so the coins were cheap in that regard. Issue...
It's because problem coins do not, cannot, even have a grade. So what they do is try to tell you what your coin would be kinda like a problem free...
A couple of reasons. You can hairline a coin with a Q-tip, even without using dip ! And with dip, it's a lot easier to do it ! And two, because...
e-Z-est is as good as any, better than some. But bear this in mind. You can ruin any coin you dip in a fraction of a second. And, dipping coins,...
I predicted hardly anybody would buy them, particularly the gold. So I bought a boatload of 'em. And once the mintage was announced prices shot up...
Welllllllll - that's kinda like saying yeah, you can throw gasoline on that fire, we can always put it out. 'Course what ya don't know is what...
I wouldn't hold my breath waiting on that John :D
Some are cut out for job and others aren't. And you also have to realize, and always remember, that in some cases they (the mods) are only doing...
Yes, and it happened, once.
Those aren't milk spots Phil, they merely kinda look like them.
So was I.
Yes, seriously. Why ? Because more often than not when someone ask for a job giving them power, they end up abusing that power. And that's the...
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