Here's the first one I opened (at the top of the overview). [ATTACH] [ATTACH] That little obverse smear below Y is part of the smearing I...
Oh, and another horn for the polylemma: I could put 'em up on eBay, but that would likely get me less of a premium than MCM, and expose me to...
Well, the Kennedys finally arrived Friday. They're pretty coins, to be sure, but all of them appear to have flaws, and I'm trying to decide what...
ANACS puts counterstamped coins in non-detail slabs?! I let go of a counterstamped Seated Lib half a while ago at melt -- to me, it was just a...
Meh, I've seen worse. :) Nice find! It's even a semi-key date -- 1999s still command a premium, although possibly not in this condition. (Lowball...
Once again, I wonder how they're making money after eBay/PayPal's cut.
It looks like that's getting on toward semiconductor grade, and I'd think people looking for metal at that purity might look only to known...
Ah, FedEx on 3 or more coins. That gives them a margin of, um, maybe 0.1%? Maybe what they're planning is to submit the ones that they're sure...
MCM appears to be offering these for sale at a wire price of 1357.73. How can they be buying at 1240 + 110 = 1350, plus shipping?
It's not just a grading racket, but a grading ratchet -- as long as you keep reconsidering/crossing it instead of cracking it out, it can only go...
Yeah, it's gonna be an epic month for rewards points. :) Now, if only I could just convert those reward points directly to eBay Bucks -- it would...
Yep, this topic comes up every once in a while, and the consensus seems to be that it simply can't be done. Silver doesn't work-harden the same...
All this talk about "getting it right the first time" is based on the assumption that grading is purely objective. It just isn't. Even at the very...
Great post, @Vegas Vic -- but I do have one small quibble: When I think about all the "new collectors" that I've seen buying stuff at shops and...
Ah, there we go. Order 43707xxx (in the high end of that range) has shipped, 8/13/14.
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Sept 3, eh? So, unless the Mint really poos the scrooch on shipping, it sounds like maybe half the mintage or so should be eligible for First...
Dude! Wasn't yours saying it was backordered into September? What was your order number (first 5 digits)? I know @Levi got in well ahead of me...
That 1908-S is a nice find indeed, but still probably not worth slabbing. The Barber half is basically worth melt, and not worth slabbing. I don't...
Taht semes covninicng, but it's atalcluy bushlilt.
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