Unfortunately the forum rules prohibit you doing what you did and they do consider you to be an advertiser if you make such posts in the regular...
I've heard of them, never seen one before now that I can recall. But yes, they were made (not sure if minted or cast) from silver recovered from...
Quite true, I wasn't even paying attention the date he reported, just explaining how a clad coin doesn't always look like a clad coin :o
OK, now let me throw another wrench into the works :secret: I am constantly being told by knoweldgeable people that coins are not graded any...
Unfortunately the most recent of those auctions was in June of 2008 and Feb of 2008 with the value being about $325 - and the market has dropped...
Not at all, although what you describe does happen. And it was not my intention to hijack the thread into a different subject. But to answer...
You hold your breath waiting on that to happen :D That'll happen about the same time that PCGS agrees to give me $500 for this $20 coin.
There is no free lunch in numismatics.
All in all you did a good job Charmy. The only real question I would ask is if when you were asked to write this, were they asking you to write...
Yes you do make your money by buying right. But as you said, knowing the when is a biggie. Guess right and you come out smelling like roses. Guess...
While there are any number of alternative auction sites, do you realize the risks you take by buying from them ? Even from ebay for that matter ?...
I think it more likely it was for future positive identification should the coins be returned to the Langborns. Thus if the coins enter the...
Because - "This information is critical in establishing definitive pedigree information and authentication diagnostics for this rare issue,"
I'm not so sure it didn't. Had it not been a key I think it would have been put in a genuine holder. The TPG's make allowances in more ways than 1...
It is not uncommon for a clad coin to look like this. Sometimes it happens that that the cladding gets pushed down and covers the edge thus hiding...
It appears to be mechanical doubling Gail.
That's not exactly true either. There are several modern gold commems that have low mintages that appreciated greatly over their issue price. But...
The question was asked - when is it safe to start buying ? Well, that's a good question and it applies to all investments, not just coins. The...
Both breast, right arm, right leg, left side of the rock and in the fields - all on the obv.
It doesn't have much to do with getting caught buying stolen goods. What it has to do with is that if goods are indetified as being stolen, they...
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