I understand the attraction of that first gold coin. :) Are you looking for a problem-free example in MS or near-MS? Not interested in modern $5...
Provident Metals, a large online dealer, is currently buying right at or very slightly above spot -- but you have to sell them at least $1000...
No offense intended, but if you ever want to sell that coin, you've got to get better pictures. I don't know how much is focus and how much is...
Can you link to an eBay page explaining this? What I'm seeing on the selling fees page is a flat 10% final value fee, with "final value" including...
Looks like someone hit it with an "O" punch. Is there a corresponding bump on the other side?
In before the member who picked the 42/1-D off the Bay... :) Grabbed a lot of 18 Peace dollars for about $100 over melt, seeing that one looked...
It's the circle of life for collectible coins. That's one advantage of slabs: they make it too much trouble for someone to grab the coins and...
In the late 1980s, if I remember the tale correctly, coins were being pushed really hard as "investment vehicles". That formed a bubble that...
Quick math check: that's 0.4% wheat cents, 0.05% IHCs.
I'd hold out until I see him put his fingers all over it some more. Might be a few bidders counting heavily on Buyer Protection and the power of...
I may have found the coin in circulation, or (in my case) acquired it as part of a larger lot. I bid very low for coins that I'm unsure about, and...
It still seems like a relatively cheap way to authenticate coins. Is anybody questioning ANACS' reliability when it comes to authentication?
I follow the gold price in part as one proxy for "what's going on in the world". This "move" was small enough to be plausible, but big enough to...
They were indicating that gold had spiked up almost $50/oz tonight. It hadn't. They're now reporting the accurate price.
Thank you for being patient with me when I'm not writing as clearly as I should. :)
...by showing this, just now: Coin value calculations use the 8:12 PM EST gold price for February 17, 2014: Gold $1376.90/oz [IMG] 47.60 Ran...
Okay, I wrote that poorly. Luster doesn't always produce cartwheeling, especially when it's only present in isolated areas. But, while you can...
So, first a thread asking how to AT, and now this. Are we starting a grassroots campaign for a "Coin Doctors" subforum?
If you can tell me how to vary the lighting angle on a static photo, I'll be happy to discuss it further with you.
Yes, and that's what we used to recall the camera before it reached the scammer's clutches -- better to feed UPS a few more tens of dollars than...
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