What timeframe? That is key. Are you a holder for 30+ years come heck or high water? Gold is fine then. Are you betting little Susie's college...
I mostly agree sir, but would disagree with bag marks necessarily being made at the mint. A coin could have the living snot damaged out of it in...
IDK about the price sir, as I do not specialize in them. I would say quality is not an issue as long as you have patience and the wallet to afford...
As to how much is still in the earth, I can very comfortably say its way more than has ever been mined in the history of mankind. Now, how...
Well, with the exception of hydrogen, I am hard pressed to think of any element not created by stars. Yes, anything above iron are only created in...
Sorry I didn't see this thread until now. My guess would have been, (I know sounds like I am cheating), either a 61, (TPG have said they don't...
IDK about slabs, but I have seen coins from a fire in those old heavy plastic capitol holders. They all sold for melt since the plastic had melted...
I would dare to argue the opposite. I do not disagree that slabs can lower the risk of new collectors, but I believe its a crutch. Way too many...
To the OP, I am just not sure how I can help in suggestions. I don't know what metal you like, how much total you wish to spend, how much per coin...
Well I was thinking of it as a business idea for Mr. Carr. He could strike generic coin sized tokens of the right color saying "see slab", or even...
I hear what you are saying, and if you do just want it in the set I understand. Btw, I would not necessarily trust myself with this date in...
So all of his coins are a better date? Kinda like Lake Wobegon, where all of the children are above average. :)
Well one of the bronzes I bought Friday were "colorized", a nice pretty green. Of course, it was not colorized by the mint, it was colorized by a...
Yeah, that is a pretty good one. :) I wonder if its a 16d mercury blank?
I agree with the above, and personally even though I hate slabs would buy a slabbed example and keep it in the slab. Have a placeholder made up...
I agree people have short memories. I remember the coin shows all panicing back then, people asking what to do, and I was just shrugging it off...
Yeah, and it was really apparent with baseball cards, beanie babies, premade "collectible" plates, old cookie jars, etc. The internet has been a...
I always thought, if the Red Book truly was going to be the bible of US numismatics, and the one book everyone tells a new collector to buy, they...
No, not any more than millions of other cast coins, like other Central Asian issues, early Roman bronze, and most Chinese coins. Cast versus...
Tooling is where you take a coin missing details and re-engrave them. Large roman bronzes this is common for, (but still lessens value...
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