I remember an episode of "The Three Stooges" where Mo gets excited over a $20 gold piece. I am sure there must be Wild West movies that feature...
I got this email from Mr. Greenberg's company on the supposed rare dates they were offering in MS63: "as you know the gold coins the people are...
Typical chutpah for coin shops
So maybe the way to go for a Modern collector/investor would be to see what they are listing and look for the same coins at a show or from a lower...
I have seen these ads in Coin World for quite a while, here is the website: http://www.randicoins.com/ If you buy one of their "Everest" coins a...
Another thought when you get a bad or "details" grade on a coin; you become demoralized and are eager to have the problem rectified quickly or...
The dealer who wanted to charge me $100 to straighten the coin out in hopes that NGC would grade it MS62 apparently thought that by sandwiching it...
This topic occurred to me as thought-provoking: What were the attitudes of contemporaries when new coinage and currency were introduced and old...
Compare to this MS62: http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=1288&lot=2004#n
It was over 10 years ago when they did not do details grading. I sold it through Teletrade:...
In the case of the gold coin it had been in a PCGS MS61 holder. NGC would not grade. We sent it back to PCGS which probably considered the bend...
Has Allen Stockton ever shared his methods in print?
I had a mint state early $10 gold coin once that, when submitted to NGC for grading, was body-bagged as "bent". I don't know if any others here...
First use mild cleaning agents like acetone, then if that doesn't work, try an ultrasonic cleaner with increasingly effective solutions and/or...
There are a lot of dirty secrets government doesn't want you to know about: edited - you are straying into very political territory
If I win, which is unlikely of course, I will donate it to the Coin Talk site. I hope the financials here are in the black!
If sellers can't take the time and effort to do proper listings then they deserve to be ripped; of course there are exceptions to this. Those...
I have used USPS, FedEx and UPS to ship coins. I think all three have their place. One thing I have noticed with my USPS corporate account for...
Actually ICTA is the collectibles organization that is supposed to lobby for and protect the rights of coin dealers and collectors. They charge...
This week's CDN says they are getting calls almost daily from coin dealers who are being warned by their banks that they must immediately give the...
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