Grading coins is the single most important skill for a coin collector to have. Plenty of books will show you pictures of coins in various grades,...
I would recommend asking this in the Bullion forum. You'll probably get better/more informed answers.
I would never buy a commemorative, classic or modern, expecting an increase in value. Commems can be interesting from a historical perspective,...
Are you even reading my posts? No, it wasn't. Compare this with authentic coins of the type. This crudely cast fake isn't even close. Your logic...
Hahahaha, that seems really extreme. So are you going to melt all coins that have been cleaned as well? What about other antiques? If a...
A magician's "coin" is not a coin. Magician's coins, by definition, are fake. Sure, it can be a genuine fake - but it is not an error of any sort...
It may have possibly been cleaned a long time ago (many coins were). However, this coin appears to have regained most of its patina. I'm not...
No, it is definitely not real. It appears to be a very crudely produced copy, probably for a magicians trick as mentioned earlier. Sometimes,...
You do whatever you want with it, of course. If it were mine, however, I'd sell it. I would take that money, save some extra cash, and then buy...
If someone offered to *give* me a nice, original, problem free R-4 or higher in VG-F, sure, I'd take it. But if someone offered to *sell* me...
I like this one at VG.
Crusty: [IMG] [IMG]
Yes, restoring copper is tricky. However, if you have been following Larry's recent posts at all, you know that many of his Indians are sorely in...
I would suggest sending it to James Wiles at CONECA. If it is a new variety, he'll list it in the official variety files on the website....
There already is an ebay dedicated forum. It is on the ebay site. We don't need another one here.
Why do some people grade bullion? Because some marketer somewhere figured out that some sucker would pay for it. And.... profit.
NGC bases theirs on Numismedia, but they do also have their own market analyst that compiles sales and adjusts the price. The NGC price guide...
I don't have any in that low grade, I stick to EF and up. But, I do love the Busties! [IMG] [IMG]
And I agree with that.
I think I misinterpreted what you were saying here. I thought you were comparing hard money to fiat money (where there have been numerous...
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