Some may be surprised by this - but I will agree with that comment. But as with any investement - if you don't really, really, really know what...
That I did - and major undertaking is an understatement. But I had a leg up you will - for I had collected one form of world coinage, columnarios,...
That is market price. Silver coins are only 90% silver - not pure silver. And if sold for their silver content - the cost of melting and refining...
You're more than welcome - enjoy the book and the knowledge it brings you ;)
In my opinion - yes it is much better. Photograde only helps for circulated coins - it doesn't even deal with MS coins. The complete title is -...
You could be right - but then if it was chemicals and the coin was treated while laying down - the chemicals might have just run off the edge and...
Howdy Rn2Kool - Welcome to the Forum !! Can't say for sure without seeing the coin - but it sounds like an ordinary cent that has had the...
Howdy pcrdnadave - Welcome to the Forum !! Sounds like you've got quite a set there if that's all you need to finish ;) Never completed a...
NGC - PCGS - ICG - all offer a grade guarantee and they stand behind it. I do not believe ANACS does. But as Nd already said - the guarantee for...
Marks can be especially significant when it comes to grading a coin. Not only in the number of marks - but also in the severity and the location...
Without seeing it - this is just a guess. But it sounds like you have a coin that has been treated with chemicals of some sort.
There is always an easy way to determine the value for any coin that is easily, or with a little effort, found. Just check the realized auction...
Guys - I'm not saying you can't find them at all - of course you can. But you can find them from the earlier years in much greater numbers.
Howdy Rick - Does it look anything like this ? [IMG] [IMG] That is a 1/2 reale struck in Mexico 1773. Given the date - your coin...
I'll buy that to a certain degree. But go try to find a gem BU '86 cent that's not in a slab. It sure aint easy. Nd is on the money with this...
I recently traded one of the last GSA's I owned as part of a deal for that fabulous French 1/2 ecu I posted about. It was an '81-CC. I had graded...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY !! Michael :D
It is not unheard of to find a dealer offering a given coin in a given grade for less than current market value. But it certainly doesn't happen...
As a general rule the coins in the original GSA holders sell for more - they are quite popular. I collected them myself for many years. But when I...
Well Jim - coins are exactly what I had in mind ;) You see, in just 1 hurricane over 33 Spanish galleons loaded to the gills with gold &...
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