Btw, short answer Tabortot, if the weight and diameter are correct, and it does not seem abnormally thick, then usually you are fine.
Its very possible, just not easy. But, that is what I was getting to with weight, diameter, and thickness. I believe, though, tungsten is a very...
I agree. Leave the politicians off the coin. Let's actually celebrate the charity and not involve politics. O-2 or O-8 with R-18 would be an...
Weight, diameter, and thickness. Hard to fool all three with gold. Silver, yeah, pretty easy. Gold is too heavy to easily fool.
Why? I do not disagree with the Secret Service saying these are illegal. They are government property, that the US has never officially renounced...
Nice Roman Egyptians. I always have loved Serapis coins especially.
Man, good thing I am not a dealer. I would lose a lot of money, but have lots and lots of coins to play with!
I would be willing to bet you today that if silver spikes up to $70 an ounce fairly quickly almost all or all of these pucks will trade for melt....
Man you are tough. 20 years ago when I was buying a lot of these I wouldn't have objected if the 1811 was described as XF. Its boderline gVF/low...
Exactly. Its because it prevents other to talk themselves into higher bids. If you put your best price in first, everyone can keep upping their...
No offense meant. I wasn't trying to denigrate anyone, or say I am any better, its just most people who buy a lot of collectibles on Ebay have...
True. I almost never watch an auction I have set up a snipe for. Why would I? I would be tipping my hand on a lot that is of interest. A watch...
Heck yeah. Those are like war nickels, already worth much more than face value. Those are like free money if found at face.
I have bought foreign coins for less than face value. I didn't use them for purchases, but yeah things like $120 worth of canadian coins for $75,...
Nah, its just us old idiots who actually had to learn to grade a coin on our own before the beloved TPG's were invented to take this dreary task...
A nickel not very long ago was 8 cents melt value. I believe we will see this figure again fairly soon. So, $500 in nickels will be worth $800...
One, you are assuming the purchaser only owns these. What if a prospective buyer, like me, spends hundreds a month on collectible coins already?...
Thanks for the link. Maybe I misheard or the presenter was mistaken. I do think it was in the US he was referring.
I know what you are talking about using the wrong staff Doug, but I think its older than that. At least that is what someone in our ancient coin...
I would agree with that. TBH I though the grades given were not far off the mark. I wouldn't have risked having them downgraded.
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