We shall have to agree to disagree Conder.
Well yes, but there were exceptions. For example, a shipment of dies is sent to San Francisco for use. All of the dies are already marked with an...
Please read my comments here - http://www.cointalk.com/t193151/ Then I would ask you to read this thread - http://www.cointalk.com/t118776-12/ -...
There is no book, and that includes specialty books, that is any good as a price guide. And if you buy books for use a price guide then you are...
Well, yes. But only if you were to sell them in that type of venue or to private individual collectors. But should you try to sell them to a...
It wouldn't matter if they did do another audit, people would still believe what they want to believe. Don't forget, the last audit was done...
Tough call, I'm kind of inclined to say cast myself, but it could be a ground find. Thing is, if it was then it should be a lot more corroded than...
Maybe. The gouge in the coin could be PMD or it could be a planchet defect. I'm inclined to lean towards the latter because of the slight crack...
I'll expand a bit more. Conservation is cleaning because that's what you are doing when you conserve a coin. You are cleaning or removing...
For some reason most folks cannot seem to grasp this concept. If you took all of the gold, all of the silver, and all of the platinum owned by...
I think it's a little iffy on the FBL but that could just be the pics - 64 FBL.
For the record, I have always taken a camera to coin shows. Never once have I been told they were not allowed. But - I never took pictures of...
Go here - http://coins.ha.com/common/search_results.php?Ntk=SI_Titles-Desc&Ntt=1863&Nty=1&N=51+790+231+412&chkNotSold=0&Ns= - to get an idea of...
I always looked at like this - any coin in my collection was worth 50 cents to store it and protect it properly, and that's about all an Air-Tite...
Look at the date when that was posted. Back then, the What's It Worth section didn't even exist.
Tubes are a terrible idea for Proofs. Proofs must be stored individually for they are too susceptible to damage from contact, even minor contact....
All they have to do is cost you money and they are successful. And by filing the suit, frivolous or not, they cost you money for you cannot ignore...
Sure looks like a fake to me too. As to why they would bother, a better question is why would they not bother ? That's a perfect coin to fake....
Sure, you could do lots of things. Question is, how much is it going to cost you to do it and are you willing to risk that much just to post...
That is not the mint mark, it's a privy mark. The mint mark is on the reverse.
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