Marketing. And, really bad marketing at that if someone actually understands numbers.
I couldn't pass up this pair of ANA medals from the 1987 Convention in Atlanta. They came in a mint condition original box with blue velvet...
Interesting, but world coin collectors tend to not really care about such trivial things like this....unlike the market-hype-frenzied USA collectors.
I'm very happy with this Luxembourg Essai piece that arrived today. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
The main demographic for the ANA is a bunch of old white guys. And, most of them stay indoors and are at hotels connected to the convention...
My point was more, of all the places to move the ANA, we move it 5 miles up the road from Long Beach. Makes little sense. Sure it's great for...
California is about the last place I'd want to go to a coin show. Don't they already have Long Beach, and several other local but larger shows a...
Yawn.
(Link here) Scott Schechter, Vice President Scott Schechter’s first formal job in numismatics was in 1994 as an intern at the Smithsonian...
NGC has been doing this for the past year or so. They are slowly replacing the horrible black and white scans from the Krause books with actual...
OK, and then there are also these few... [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] OK....I'm done. :D
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I feel like I have posted most/all of these in other CWT threads here already, but I'll post again here for you. :D [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
Here's my 1997 example. I bought it because it was the year I graduated high school -- even though the date is on the edge. It's graded MS67 by...
Are you serious? PCGS straight grades AT coins all the time.
Picked this one up from Atlas. It's a rare silver medal design from the Golden Jubilee in 1887. Diameter 39 mm, graded PCGS SP63. -Brandon [IMG]
I think the coin just needs better and more reasonable images. The current images are not good, and could lead to questions / concerns. I am...
AU details, obverse hairlines (old cleaning)
After a 4.5 year hunt since I first saw this medal listed in the Krause "Unusual World Coins" guide, I finally purchased a nice example. These...
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