A contemporary thread on CT Coin Chat forum regarding the AU-MS divide prompted this post of a thought and question that has been floating around...
I voted "no" which is the idealist in me speaking. I agree with Jason that we should maintain a sharp distinction between the circulated and...
I'd call this AG-03. If you believe in price guides, Greysheet gives wholesale bid as $75. Of course, this would be for the two most common die...
Profits on numismatic and precious metals bullion is taxed at the federal level as capital gains at 28%. At the state level, many states apply...
Didn't mean to ignore you @Lehigh96 but I had oral surgery yesterday and just didn't feel up to doing much of anything. Just a big wussie....
I felt them to be a little lax. Everyone wore masks, sort of. You know, some were pulled down below the nose, others were pulled down to the...
Not challenging your feelings in any way but I am curious. FUN is like the second week of January. Why do you call that tax season and when...
This past Sunday, I attended my first coin show since last February. It was the monthly show in Melbourne, FL by my club, the South Brevard Coin...
PR-66. Very nice coin but not a cameo, IMHO.
I don't suggest buying your acetone at the nail salon. The nail polish remover they sell does contain acetone but also various additives to make...
Wish my '94 looked that good.
I agree. My type set includes one Liberty Cap half cent and one Liberty Cap large cent. That, to me, seems sufficient to represent the type....
Well, he joined this forum with the idea that we were all here to provide him with an unlimited grading service. He did get a number of people...
I might be inclined to respond to the requests if the photos were posted full size. But I don't even bother when they are thumbnails.
A brutalized Barber 1905-S half. Why did I bother to photograph this coin? Oh, It's because I bought it when I about 14 years old. [ATTACH]...
Pustules. Disgusting sounding but certainly plausible.
I forgot to mention that the coin is standard "coin turn" with the reverse off about 15 degrees from 180 degrees. That puts the reverse "blob"...
So I was sitting at the diner this morning with some of my buds when up walks our local collector of all things nostalgic and the purveyor of...
While I enjoy the hunt for "just the right example" as much as anyone, I have to say that there's an elephant in the room. If you are in your 20s...
While I absolutely agree with @physics-fan3.14 about avoiding cleaned coins as a general rule, I have on rare occasions deliberately purchased a...
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