Probably. I think they were overdoing their censure of my coin. Mr. Russell commented that the coin looked a little flat to him.
http://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/40599/1840-O-Seated-Liberty-Half-Dime-No-Drapery-PCGS-Genuine-AU-Details Conservation candidate??
Article today on Lew Rockwell on the topic: http://lewrockwell.com/pennington/pennington29.1.html I was looking through some of my 1/10 gold...
If you look at the prices of rare coin in problem holders, there is a range of what they will sell for based on whether the coin has minor...
I have a H10c that came back from PCGS as "environmental damage"--AU details. How do I determine if this coin can be conserved? It is a nice...
He's a little hard to find up a hill and then there he is with the big Morgan dollar sign. There is another significant dealer in Manchester who...
Agreed. They look too "shiny" in the flips. I bought a couple of nice SLQs today that I shared with club members. They were graded by the...
Here is a "cleaned" coin I ran at auction that went too cheap IMO. http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=3158&lot=1395 Compare to this...
I'm getting used to it. Also, when going to Heritage's website trying to find the next internet auction lots, they do not make it easy. You...
Just kidding. Archimedes invented the screw...
"A division of Archimedes Enterprises, a consortium of extremely high-end companies, offering one of a kind, rare coins."
There is an article in the current online version of Coin World on "Certified Assets Management" and another company being detained at the...
Good point. And Treasury probably will not be screwing with redesigns of the $1 bill, thank God! What no shop is going to tell a customer is...
You should have had the coin graded first. If it no-graded due to something they say their NCS can cure, then consider that. I bought a High...
A fellow walked into a high-end coin shop recently with a $10 early gold coin, a 1799 $10. Process was as follows: Clerk examines the coin,...
Still, they do sometimes want to actually audit businesses in some cases to verify inventories. I was talking to a coin dealer in Manchester, NH,...
In terms of the best paying money making opportunities, the higher the risk, the greater the profit. If you talk to workers at brokerage...
Cleaning coins like this reminds me of Bradbury's short story "The Crowd".
What a disappointment, Kasia! I've been there and had similar things happen. It does look like it got murdered, maybe involuntary, but...
Thanks for the report, Charmy! I usually stay at a motel in Aberdeen on the way down, it's more in my price range than the ones in Baltimore. I...
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