Actually I think bored buying happens a lot more, and to a lot more of us, than people will admit. Very few ever truly exercise the patience that...
There is more sense in the OP's question than meets the eye. And as for physical possession because of possible "end of the world scenarios" or...
Yes, I would say the Morgan is a fake.
OK - care to expand on that a bit ? It's a new one on me.
The best safety net you can have is the one we have always had, since before the TPG's even - know your dealer. Only buy coins from dealers you...
Chuck I strongly suggest that you do not buy unslabbed gold on ebay unless you have complete trust in the seller. And no, a return policy does not...
Ya know what BNB - that's part of the problem. Why is it that you never want to hear anything that isn't just exactly the way you want it to be ?...
I would agree, it isn't worth more than melt.
As always happens in these kinds of threads the real issue is definitions. If you are are going to ask questions like this, then you have to...
You have to be more specific about the exact coins you are talking about. And, you have to consider the manufacturing process itself. Business...
Happened literally overnight. The old ANACS had some of the toughest grading standards there were on some coins. Easy, the slab itself. The...
Are you saying that about the new ANACS or the old ANACS ?
I think what NGC uses now is more accurate - Early Release - meaning a certain group of coins are among the first issued. First strike is a...
It's also pretty easy to go to Heritage and look at pics of coins in various grades to see what they look like. And they have plenty of cleaned,...
Don't count on that either, they have slabbed their share of fakes as well. As I said, never buy a coin in an ACG slab unless - 1 - you are...
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Anywhere from 2 to 5 - and sometimes it's worse for they slab problem coins as problem free coins.
They are the reason that all of the other scam artist TPG's exist. People saw ACG getting away with gross over-grading for years. They figured,...
If that thing is only 5cm in diameter, it is no coin but a replica.
Value is largely dependant on condition, so without judging each coin on its own merits there is no way to estimate value.
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