Canadian Maple Leaf: Looks like production runs about 750K - 1.1 MM last few years, after only being a few hundred thousand 10-15 years ago....
Yes, and a bit out of the loop on coins the last few quarters....this is an expensive habit to sustain while job searching !! :D BTW, I was...
PCGS came out in 1986 (29 years); NGC in 1987. ANACS may have been out sooner but they didn't get the ball rolling. It wasn't the slab coins, it...
Just got an e-mail from my friend, he said the MS-65 Saint Commons hit $4,000 in 1989 but he never got more than $3,500...said he sold most...
Those were purchased early-1990's, I'll bet, right ? During the Coin Bubble when premiums went NUTS !! You are right, even a rising gold price...
Very good price, IMO, considering CAC. Nice job ! :cigar:
That's what I thought, Paul....still, has to hurt if you guess wrong in the short-term. Probably why I never went into business for myself. :D
Not all of them, but I know he sold a few at that discount to get a sale done or to sell other stuff. Usually, he'd undercut by $50-$100. As I...
Yes, Swish, the premium for actual gold rose as the Union ran into trouble and fell as the war went better for the North. I recall a chart in one...
Westtex, did you ever make a purchase ? Which one ?
But my understanding -- at least from relatives and from the Boards -- is that nobody paid for stuff with $20 Saints or other gold coins...
While you can't do that with all your coins/inventory, if you have 1 or 2 coins where you "guessed wrong" my guess is that you could wait for...
Also good to track the premium to the gold content, I have posted a few charts/links in various threads in early-2015.
Any books or written pieces detailing how $20 Saints were used as currencies ? Maybe as part of a larger piece on $20 Liberty's ?
What do gold dealers do with expensive coins like a Saint-Gaudens $20 or even bullion when they buy high and the price falls alot ? I know that...
Depends on the grade. I have posted detailed historical premiums on the MS-65 common premiums in other threads . It was down to about 50-60%...
Well I got this from a few Google Searches: American Eagles: Looks like production of the 1-oz. is always several hundred thousand per year,...
Does anybody have a link that tells us how much each country made of their national gold coin(s) in the various denominations/sizes ? Would be...
That's a beautiful coin....wow....5 ounces !!:D
Better liquidity in coins, since there are more buyers/sellers for them than for bars. Unless you are in Switzerland.:D Remember, gold can go up...
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