I don't see any of the danger signs from that coin on this one, although I can't imagine anyone actually claiming to authenticate a trade dollar...
I'd buy discolored Morgans at 18.5x face all day long. And as for trade dollars at melt, well... :)
If I were the US Mint, I would go around terrorizing the populace, because OMG WALKING TALKING BUILDING! Sorry, guess Friday isn't out of my...
As I understand it, the discount on war nickels is because the refiners themselves won't pay as much for it. It's more expensive to refine that...
Last time I saw prices posted for them at a coin show, buy prices for war nickels were something like 60-65% of spot. (90% silver was getting...
Hey, wasn't someone saying that the market for Norfeds was collapsing? :devil:
Before you speculate, remember, everybody, it's a family forum. :devil:
The pics are a bit small, but it looks harshly cleaned...?
Coin Marking Punch stamp reads COPY 2mm height EverStamp Replica Marking Punch How about that? Now, if you find an unmarked fake that has...
I honestly don't know. I don't have any proofs older than 1956 or so, and most of my impaired proofs are lightly-circulated Kennedy halves, so I...
Probably not four figures, unless I find a collector whose particular obsession is holed AND engraved coins. :) A quick eBay sold-items check...
Not compared to a decent stock portfolio. It was certainly better than tucking four greenbacks under the mattress, and probably better than...
At today's local coin show, a guy at the next table was asking how much rolls of 2013 ASEs were going for. The dealer said "$575", and the guy had...
Sure. Sometimes they'll go down over the course of a day, or even over a couple of years. But, on average, they gain steadily. I'm still a pretty...
Okay, Tim, you've found a couple of world coins that increased 2.4x in value from 1970 to today. The MS Morgan that my grandparents gave me around...
I see common-date holed trade dollars going for $60-90 and up; a cleaned, holed 1877-CC, not as rare as this one, brought $299. I'm sure there are...
I posted last week about my latest eBay "pig in a poke", advertised as a lot of problem coins, and featuring a holed and engraved trade dollar. It...
I think I'll wait for the usual suspects to pile on about how you're a terrible person for not INSISTING on paying full retail for them. :) Great...
I've got quite a few silver dimes I'd be ready to let go for a gallon apiece. At the rate things are going, a quarter a gallon might soon be a...
It's funny because it's true. :)
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