I wish I knew how many times I've posted this. When buying and selling coins there are 5 things you have to get right in order to make a profit....
Well, I'm no dealer or ex-dealer, but what he said is true and pretty dang common. When it comes to dealer buy/sell pricing the numbers vary from...
As the saying goes, to each his own. But just so ya know guys, I don't ever recommend using Q-tips for anything to do with coins ! In fact I...
Well bring your jacket just in case - but I had to turn the A/C back on yesterday :D
What he said !
When it comes to quality of strike the type of press being used has little to do with it. And if ya just stop and think for a minute that becomes...
Yeah, and they specifically do that because it was the only trusted thing there was for about 55 years. And any collector worth his salt knows -...
It's a good thing, somebody's gotta look out for the old codger :D
Yup, and back when you were actually doing that, the CDN was actually useful. But those days are long gone Chris ! In today's world, CDN is just...
I just got an alert and it immediately made me think of this thread. The alert takes me to this -...
Randy, what do you do for a living ? And no, ya don't really need to answer. The point of asking the question is getting you to think a little...
Which all by itself should tell you not to use any of them ! To be honest, I'd say those are probably 3 of the worst ones to use. Of course your...
Yeah the bottle says that. And from a certain perspective it is safe to use on copper - meaning it will not remove or damage luster. But it...
If ya do decide to go with the Cherrypicker's Guide - make sure you realize there's 2 volumes you'll need. Vol.1 covers cents and nickels, Vol. 2...
You'd be amazed at how many people don't know it !
Warmer weather ? Boy ! I'll have you know I even had to turn the air conditioner off the other day :)
Nope, not in any way ! A lot of folks aren't aware of it but the "like" button hasn't even existed all that long. Prior to a few years ago there...
Scrapes and scratches don't always appear to be black in pics, but the fact that they do a lot of the time is pretty common knowledge. It happens...
Well Ken, are ya ready - for this ? I like it ! Now go tell Frank :D :D
Agree 100% ! Should have remembered to mention that myself so am glad you did ! MS70 on copper is a big no-no ! Typically turns copper purple or blue.
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