According to Conder's history: "Begun by the ANA in 1972, grading did not start until March 1979 for US coins and Non-US in 1987. Slabs were not...
More like one should never rent an apartment in any city without a day time and evening visit... Close to restaurants means you can chew on the...
Look up "German Silver"... German silver - a silver-white alloy containing copper and zinc and nickel This link:...
Yeah - it's like real estate speak: "Close to Transit" means the back window overlooks the El.
So 68 & 67 from PCGS/NGC... sounds about right....
That's a nice typeset, can't wait to see the rest (you have good friends!)
Unfortunately for anyone heading East, the options out of Portland suck. I chatted with a couple of dealers on Friday... it was either the red...
Conder101's PCGS 1 "Clear blue tinted plastic slab with coarse dot matrix printing on white perforated label. Green reverse, no hologram. (This is...
I know at least one dealer who keeps his quote museum piece unquote as an educational tool. John Howe has [from memory] a 1920 something Peace...
Also check NGC's website. They are present at many larger shows and will hand walk you through the process. ANACS too if that will float your boat...
Also called spy coins... I have one that has a compartment for a micro sd card. Sold on the web...
They just send your returns out to the next customer...
Don't hold back -- tell us how you feel!
Hanlon's razor: "never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity"
Lot 7278 - 1940 Merc 66 toner... guide prices 32/29/23 - sold for 550 Lot 7283 - 1952D Rosie - 67FB ... guide prices 220/325 - sold for 180 Lot...
Could it be - instead - that the purchasing value of the pound coin at the time it was introduced is less than the 50p today? Not so much love as...
(yes, I'll grant you 'not half' - hyperbole - but many of the lots had wildly different guide prices across the various sources, especially CCE......
FWIW, my bidder # from viewing lots was 216. Not that I was present - left around 1pm. I monitored about half an hour, 45 minutes of the Friday...
The problem with replacing any high value paper money with a coin is that nobody was a pocket full of them. Paper money sits quietly in your...
Anyone else watching it? Some stuff selling for crazy money and yet many lots going for half of the guide prices.
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