Depends on your outlook of course. I would be a bigger seller of gold than silver at these markets, but with another $2 increase in silver I WILL...
Was this one of the books for sale from the Smithsonian a while ago? I bought all foreign/ancient numismatic books they has when it was posted in...
Coin collectors like nice rare coins. That is the basis of the hobby, not the investment side of numismatics. I would always error on the side of...
Not dumb, I tried it before and was baffled as well. Thanks for starting this thread. :)
Well put Cloud. The one worry about silver I would always have is the fact that a sizable amount of the large stockpiles have been converted into...
I think what Doug said is probably what was happening. The mint experimented a lot the first year, (from what I read), with the planchets. You can...
The home equity line is actually a good source to tap IF, (and I repeat IF), you do not use the credit card any more than you can pay off each...
I agree that the financial markets are not true barometers of physical pricing. They are not liquid enough, and too much leverage. I would prefer...
Doug had a post earlier that reminded me of this question. Has anyone ever read who would be a candidate for the first numismatist. By that I mean...
I would have phrased the question as "Gold is a hedge against hyperinflation" and answered yes. I agree generically "inflation" is not specific...
I agree Cloud. I wasn't in agreement with all points either, but thought its was interesting and fun.
Lol not too far away, probably from the same "hoard". Like we said, relax man, they were forgeries and the guy was just making you feel bad. He...
Very true. The casts ones makes you feel nostalgic for the good old days when forgeries were easy to spot. Chinese coins now can be die struck,...
Lots of liars make up an even bigger lie to try to make you feel bad. They do that since you made them feel bad for calling them out. The anger...
How about a post entitled "Nasty, surly customers who think you are trying to rip them off because you told them "Grandpa's Treasures" were really...
Like I said, I have seen so many CBH's I am just lazy and turn the coin over and check #6 above. LUR, any or all of those can have the softness,...
To be honest I spent 5 seconds looking at the photo. The color is that of the fakes coming out of China. It is the "old coin, trying to look old,...
No, not all of us, only US collectors. Somehow this logic got put into place here, and then just got twisted around like you described. One of the...
Me too. :)
Officially, I believe the Columbian half was the first. I thought the mint just supplied them to the expo at face value. The mint did...
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