You are nicer than I. :) I would donate some of course, but would balance it out with my family first before I committed too much to...
Also minus time value of money, meaing you may get $97,000,000 cash today. Still a tidy sum, but half as much as you think. Myself, I would...
To be fair, I think Redwin's example is the best one I have seen of these. I know he points out some things not really pertinent, (like "broken...
Regarding coin vault, I miss them. My favorite tv episode ever was a recorded coin vault, (I was able to go back and record it). One of the guys...
I believe it comes back to buying from a good dealer. A good dealer will make it right forever if something is wrong. I know we all want deals,...
The coins were issued for a long period in Mexico, but yours are not correct. I agree with Doug that they appear copies. As for purity, I have...
I think its a fine buy. Its not a coin many people have, not a bad price. If for a type collection and fits in your budget, then I say good for...
Any clerk who is looking at the dates of all of the pennies coming into and out of their drawer sounds like someone without enough to do. If I saw...
Cool man. Yeah, its fun to mess with people by giving them coins not really worth anything but let them see what are still coins in this country....
Probably more like the old Chinese curse, "may you live in interesting times". :) The "good old days" where most in the hobby were agreed PM was...
If you know you only want drachms, that would work. I would also look at some of the larger dealers as well, like Heritage and CNG. However,...
I agree, XF45, and market acceptable surfaces. I would have bought it for that price. Nice coin. :)
I think you believe the TPGers are MUCH larger than they are. I own some shares of CLCT, (PCGS), and trust me they have about 1/1 millionth the...
Yeah, I had a chance to buy a lot once in nice VF, but they were all they dull grey, half silvered coins. I just couldn't get over the two tone,...
Collect what you can afford. Writing a check never makes a person a collector, its knowledge and love of the hobby. If you cannot afford expensive...
I view this as a common fallacy. I started in a coin club when I was younger than you, and most of the collectors were 40-70 year old men. I...
I agree Doug, but I think one part you are leaving out may solve the disagreement between you two. I think the price an educated buyer will pay is...
Yeah I saw it on NN cover but wasn't even interested enough to read the story. Many times I wonder why I still get NN.
I was saying it appears to, and many people accept that, this graph shows parabolic growth. However, its a deficiency of the graph and the nature...
But is it exponential? Look at Ctrl's post in #8. I see it growing, but do not see exponential functionality at play. I am a harder money kind...
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