Once there is violence in a robbery it ups the ante considerably and makes it a lot more likely the thieves will be caught. The last thing most...
In "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" the banditos were required to dig their own graves and then were executed, there is a sort of natural...
This good news theft report was sent out last week on a South Carolina robbery: INVESTIGATING AGENCY: Cherokee County, SC TYPE OF INCIDENT:...
The thieves are getting more aggressive, I got this report from NCIC: INVESTIGATING AGENCY: Redlands PD TYPE OF INCIDENT: VEHICLE BURGLARY...
It is going to be interesting what sorts of guarantees will go with the new cac grading service and whether they will make cash offers for coins...
As for ANA grading standards they are mainly a guide these days, it seems that "market acceptable" is more the standard but there is a reason for...
Personally I would not want to buy an ICG or other coin without a return privilege. I bought some $5 Indians in old holder ICG slabs a few years...
A local dealer who used to advertise heavily in Coin World and other numismatic publications now mainly uses Anacs and gets most all his coins...
I've sent coins to ICG over the years and generally quite satisfied with their service. This is an example of a smaller company that can deliver...
Many libraries have good scanners these days. Some actually have a good flatbed scanner you can set for images connected directly to a computer...
And yet everyone I know fights tooth and nail to make every $100, so why would a seller leave tens of thousands in potential money on the table,...
Only a very foolish heir sells a coin like that without asking around with some of the top premium buyers. Even Heritage has cash behind their...
"Highest prices paid" lol. "You need cash?" no problem! "How much would you want for that?" Buy for $50-$60K. Get slabbed, maybe cac'd too....
Or as a dealer once told me acetone is more effective when heated....
It was originally purchased then, hence the documentation of the 1972 transaction. Bought raw in 2023 at the FUN show.
[MEDIA] Question, why would someone sell this raw? Zieman's daughter bought this apparently. No one sells after the first offer usually when...
What I'm dealing with with modern 70s is less the sticky stuff but more hard to define stuff patches of surface schmutz light and will not polish...
I realize that this product is better than many other options. http://www.slabrenew.com/ But I don't want to make a special order if at all...
Unfortunately many of the boiler rooms are on Long Island; of course the penny stock operations and other paper investments are the worst and most...
Thanks for the report and the re-appearance of your famous hat which I remembered years ago. Has anyone tried to approximate the demographic...
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