With mint to demand, true collectors (acquire to keep indefinitely) don't lose. The coins they might buy from the mint could go up or down in...
Agree in general. But if the Mint limits accounts, lottery numbers and shipments to one per address or credit card number, how does a dealer get...
Interesting. Mintages were in the millions, so I wonder what kind of machinery was used to expose that many coins (or was it the planchets?) to...
In certain years, the Royal Mint blackened farthings (1/4 pence) so they would not be confused with half sovereigns. See the pic. How did they...
I’ve been in the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom), which is spectacular, and it was the closest I’ve come to having my pocket picked when traveling...
I almost never look at raw U.S. coins, so the CPG wouldn’t help me there. And I’m not much interested in varieties except for major ones, which...
My eternal optimism. Cal
Likely the Mint will eventually institute a lottery system for limited issues. Folks could sign-in and get a lottery number assigned starting 2...
IF you have or are thinking about having competitive registry sets and hope to get a best set award, there is a big difference between PCGS and...
Read, read, read about coins... books, magazines, online, and go to shows when it's safe. Soon an area of collection of which weren't...
For any coin purchase, it’s the TCA (total cost of acquisition) that counts … hammer, premium, S&H, taxes, etc. … all of it should be considered...
Yeah, I find this to be the case if you can figure out how to contact the dealer outside of eBay. Some dealers make it easy by their choice of...
Look at auction prices realized for the coins on the PCGS auction website. You'll see most recent prices for these coins in different grades and...
I agree try your luck for the V75 AGE coming up. Assuming you don't win one, you can buy a relatively rare date St Gaudins in PCGS MS63 for about...
OK. Thanks for the info. I may try for one. Cal
Seems to me that it’s the same coin that can be bought from many dealers … just has fancy packaging. If so, the mint stating a mintage of 7,000...
Thanks for the info. I have some follow-up questions. On opening new windows, do you do this by right clicking on some link and choosing open...
I haven’t bought from the mint in decades but thought I would take a chance on the end of WWII coins … especially the gold. Correct me if I’m...
Maybe you've discovered retrograde aging. :) Cal
Where did the term "Bob Sanders" come from? Cal
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