Maybe I am just dense, but the great change in standards in the late 80's was an intentional change, and the article I posted from an...
F. Michael “Skip” Fazzari, former chief authenticator for ANACS, expert numismatist for Independent Coin Grading (ICG) is an instructor at the ANA...
I would like to see the source of his assertion between supply and demand. The Silver institute states that over 700 million ounces were produced...
How about responding to the article you insisted I post, effectively calling me a liar until I posted it. In that article it clearly states TPGers...
They were not like they are now Lucy. Older proofs were more like sharply struck regular coins, not the cameo proofs you see post 1967. Great...
Collect what you love, great advice. Some of us who have seen the market for much longer than you simply are reminding people of history and how...
Ok, you caught me a little Cloud. In ancient Greece the ratio I just calculated was 13.84:1, and the Romans, who didn't have decent sources of...
"Older numismatists will need to temporarily suspend everything they learned about the uncirculated grade to understand my column because the...
While I love when Doug posts these graphs, everyone please remember they are EXTREMELY wieghted to rare/high grade coins. Collector coins like...
http://www.cointalk.com/t130595-3/ Mmarotta was nice enough on page three to paste a link to the article.
Good advice. Please John, don't fret too much about the whole issue, buy coins that you enjoy for your pleasure. I do not usually sell, so all of...
Just like housing what it used to sell for does not guarantee it will get back there. I love your thinking, very intelligent reversion to the...
Look in any book about greek coins, understand the conversion between the units of measure, then look at the weights of silver and gold in the...
I am referring to the NN article by a TPG grader. He stated unequivicably that "old" collectors should forget everything they know about grading,...
No, its not. You are completely correct. However, it just appears the risk in this market is fairly high with no diagnostics to show relative...
I would disagree a little with Cloud, (of course). The ratio USED to be extremely important, as it was a very accurate approximation of the rarity...
Agree with others, BU used to be a legal meaning that it is an uncirculated coin without impair luster. With TPG'ers freely slabbing circulated...
Well I didn't see the entire collector base flocking to colored coins regardless of attractiveness being worth "premiums" either. It was that way...
Good to know, thanks. I know old bags from the mint used to be where most error collectors started.
I would say depends on date, and how you acquire coins. Modern coins have lower error rates overall. Older ones that have been in circulation have...
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