I completely understand where you are coming from, this must be the sort of drudgery that drives you to tears! I remember a CO once in the...
It takes a big man to admit their mistakes and clearly priorities are off here. I don't know what the leading help sites are on the internet....
The Midas syndrome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas Too bad there isn't a 12 steps program for greed. I met a psychologist at the Free State...
They do good; I don't do business with ebay, I do some occasionally with online auctions, I average $10s of thousands a year if not hundreds with...
You could stretch the dilemna a bit further: what if it was a 1795 FH or bust dollar? A Fugio, or gold or rare date coin? When the coins are...
The Feds are going to be very interested now.
I would say that stereotypes could be a problem if they are used to falsely characterize people, situations or things. They say there are three...
From time immemorial people have prophecied an imminent apocalypse base on astronomical, astrological, theological and other grounds. Supposedly...
This is a crisis and threatens the integrity of collecting, potentially, in all areas. We need a new piracy and counterfeit czar to be tasked and...
I would say that half or more of the coin shops are run in as friendly and agreeable a manner as possible considering all of the pressures of...
The ad is currently online: http://chaimgreenberg.com/selllist.html Mr. Greenberg has made a few changes to the original copy that was run in...
A lawyer friend had this to say about coin dealers: "I have noted that, in the past at least, whenever I went into coin or stamp stores, the...
I would be really careful with auctions unless you have a lot of money or reasons to buy. It is easy to get carried away. Most full time...
Looks AU but hard to tell with the lighting and plastic. NGC lists around $1300 as the retail on an AU50, about half for an XF. But who would...
Every month Greysheet has another article in its monthly with varying levels of relevance like "the so-called dollar market" and on Mercury dimes...
Star notes are worth more than regular $20 gold notes. There was someone at a show today offering regulars for around $60-$80 and stars for...
The unfortunate reality of most people's language use is that words like "cleaning" are used without getting out a thesaurus and looking around at...
Colonials are a specialized area. Check out the coinrarties online mentioned to see how specialized and the crazy prices they are getting for...
I bought a 1787 Fugio recently for $450 from a coin show regular. He had an XF that he said he sold for $1200. My piece graded VF details at...
http://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/60887/1916-Mercury-Dime-PCGS-MS-65-FB I just saw this section, didn't realize it was here. Last time I...
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