Well the specific market I am extremely well familiar with everyone knows the players. I will not name them here, but its a familiar name that...
Well, they would not have been much smaller than AE3's in the 4th century, so there was precedent. As to your reading, yes that was the...
I would add a maybe superfluous generality that since the MS 60-70 market is simply not developed for most world coins, I am not sure how much a...
But, I am not sure this is any worst than the perversion that happens with the other half of agricultural commodities where maybe .1% of the...
Because they were thin coins than you could bend and break with your fingers if they were not scyphate. Putting the bend in the coin significantly...
That is a better struck reverse! I wasn't trying to pick on your first coin Randy, I see weaker reverses on these all of the time, many times...
Doug's reply should be stickied.
I don't. For an average foreign coin, I would agree. For a chinese lunar coin, especially a dragon, I do not. The dragon in one of the top three...
Agreed, cool pickup. I always wish these coins had stronger reverses. It seems the Romans weren't as talented striking large bronzes as the...
But, keys are only key if you assume collectors wish to collect the entire set. Absent that, they are simply scarcer issues but not worth nearly...
I agree. I don't see anything obviously wrong. I have about 30 of these that are real, and about 6 fakes, so if yours is a fake its better quality...
Great points. I like to think I make good buys, and I even buy lots at times. However, I have never sold a coin in my life, (except once some...
By "demand decline" I am assuming you are simply talking new silver demand decline. I very well could deinvestment of silver coins and bullion by...
But, I would say the value of my fishing gear versus costs of renting cabins, boats, lures, etc etc would make my net fishing "return" somwhere...
Yes, but we also need to overstate this point either, though. While I post that coins are not great investments, and agree with Doug and...
Well what would the solution be? More soaking time in the acetone? I am a firm believer in distilled water dips after anything being done to a...
Um, ok, neither the OP nor the dealer ad ever mentioned the certification, so how was I supposed to know that? The low tech typing on the...
Me too actually. I am sure our opinions may change with them being in hand, due to the nature of photography limitations, but short of that I...
Lol, I just love the salesman's pitch: "I don't call many coins hyper PQ...." Premium quality isn't enough to denote the coin is superior in...
That's the rub, though. Its not "market acceptability", its TPG view of market acceptability tempered with their own legal constraints, worries of...
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