Very interesting post, Vess. :D The reason I wanted to compare Annual Population Reports over time was to see how the totals changed over time...
Jim, my style is similar to yours in terms of changing coin investing from time-to-time....and I agree with you on Mercanti's excellent book.
Yup, it appears they stopped about 2010 or so. I thought they were still putting them out. Did they ever give an official reason for it ? Maybe...
Yup, that's pretty much what I do. I just figured if I could get my hands on 3-5 population reports I would have a 30,000 foot view of The Big...
How is having more data not MORE informed, Charley ? :D
BS3, it's not PROPRIETARY data. It's basically released -- or was released -- with the Annual Population Reports. I'm just talking certification...
Excellent points as usual, GD, but it remains one of my pet peeves: NOBODY at the top of the professional associations or organizations seems to...
Bowers' U.S. LIBERTY HEAD $20 DOUBLE EAGLES: The Gilded Age of Coinage. This is a very good book which is more of a yearly review of economic,...
Was interested in the trend for total population, not even so much the distribution of the grades (though that would be a secondary interest)....
Like what ? We know about gradeflation, I was thinking that the trend over time should give people an idea as to whether the supply of coins was...
You mean William Devane and others ? I think the bullion is properly priced, but as I recall with Blanchard decades ago, they try and get you...
I was just looking to check a few select coins -- Saints, Franklins, other popular collecting coins, etc. -- and see how their certification...
So unless I buy the annuals at select time periods, no way to check the total number of coins over time that they each graded. Sucks....:mad:
Oh... so the data isn't available on the companies websites in some archive ? Crap......:mad:
How would I find the PCGS and/or NGC Population Reports for a particular set of years -- say, 1995....2000....2010.....2022 ? I want to see how...
If anybody could buy directly from the U.S. Mint, the premium on ASEs would fall to 10% or less within days.
This coin is one of the MOST FAMOUS Saints ever. As David Akers said, it was probably his favorite coin. The coin got a CAC and it's pretty much...
Information from the Heritage Archives on the Norweb/Duckor 1908-S: The Norweb 1908-S Double Eagle, MS67 CAC $161,000 Jan 2012...
It's the finest 1908-S ...went for $161,000 in January 2012. I think a current sale would be double that. Those appear to be copper spots. The...
Those fields are IMMACULATE for a 67...that's why it CACed....the blemishes are probably copper toning. But the reason they stand out is because...
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