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Keeping it family-friendly, if we gave them all 5 Chinese finger traps, they'd have to invest a lot more time typing those fraudulent emails with...
Good to know . . . I'll keep my eyes peeled for those when I next visit, thanks Randy.
So, when I’m visiting my folks in your neck of the woods, are they hard to find in local restaurants?
Alright Randy, please do tell . . . What am I missing?
Suckers are the lifeblood of today's US Mint.
There are numerous forms of fraud out there that should concern industry participants, and some can look deceptively innocuous to those who aren't...
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There's no worse penalty for a judge than to have one's decision reversed by a higher court for having exercised poor judgment.
Beautiful coin. I'd be at AU50, if not for the appeal. Like Larry, I'm at AU53 as well.
The general search warrant was granted in violation of the US Constitution. A search warrant must be limited to specific targets. That the FBI...
I don't like the look. Like on the reverse side, the color looks good where obverse detail remains, but it looks off elsewhere. Unfortunately,...
It’s not inconsistent within the confines of CAC-graded coins, but it is more inconsistent within the total marketplace. This isn’t an...
So much for improving the level of consistency in the marketplace.
I understand your comment completely John, and am interested, but only to the extent that it makes sense to me. While authentication is one...
While everyone else obsesses over this subject, I'll go on buying and selling coins, not holders.
Fantastic originality . . . 53, maybe even 55.
Sometimes, but not always. After posting to this thread, I thought back to a submission of mine some 30 or so years ago. I was contacted by a...
I'm guessing the grader is also a nationally known dealer who already had the finest known example of that coin on a customer's want list.
I view this as unethical behavior. The grader is employed for grading and not to act as a dealer or broker. The coin should first have been...
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