I always enjoy your posts - they often sober me up and remind me to be very careful when purchasing even "certified" coins. The high quality of...
We just keep going lower and lower as a species...
Read up on what kind of errors exist. Get to know the difference between damage and errors and use plenty of magnification to rule out...
These are nice coins but also fairly common. You happen to have the year with the lowest mintage (昭和三十九年 or Showa 39 or 1964). The next lowest...
I bought some food at a nearby cafeteria today and the cashier gave the person in front of me her change and said "there's some really old penny...
From the selling side (and somewhat from the buyer side, too) this hobby is first and foremost a business. So none of this surprises me...
I only see pink and blue tubes after I've downed a few shots.... hic...
This is at least the second thread on this one. In a prior thread myself and others said that the words were not legible enough to know exactly...
So "Brilliant Uncirculated" used to actually mean something? I've always thought it was an attempt at a sleight of hand or a diversion from the...
I used to go to the monthly coin shows in my area, but after 7 - 8 months I realizied that I kept looking at the same things, avoiding the same...
The letters are very hard to read from the photos. I can make out the usual "civitas," meaning "city," on the reverse, but not much else. I...
I have a suspicion that this coin would come back as "cleaned" from the TPGs, but I'm not 100% sure and so wanted to get some other opinions. It...
No one knows nor can anyone control what ultimately happens to this hobby. It likely won't vanish tomorrow, but it could vanish someday. What can...
The coin shows in my area do seem well attended. Two separate coin clubs sponsor 2 major coin shows per year and they both still seem pretty...
With very few exceptions, I too had to lower prices to get things to sell on Ebay during this past year. Then they take 10% of the sale off the...
I had also never seen a single TV ad for the "Golden Dollar." I don't think I have ever seen an ad for the US Mint either, but I also haven't...
Based on the post alone, I personally would keep the gold and seek out better coins elsewhere. Who knows what state "melt" Morgans are in? If...
Wow, great video. I grew up in the great sports cards craze, so I personally remember the crowds, the noise and the excitement of a floor filled...
That's a lotta slab.
I've said this elsewhere on this forum, but I don't think young kids at coin shows or even young kids collecting/not collecting makes much of a...
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