Why has PCGS lagged ? Is this still true ? I take it neither PCGS nor NGC took pics back in the 1980's and 1990's ?
One shouldn't have had anything to do with the other.
My understanding is that Central States has gone downhill the last 5-7 years though they had a good show last year attendance-wise.
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You have to. As a novelty item or a 1-time purchase, they're OK. But the premiums on the 1/10th or 1/20th ounce gold coins can be 40%. And you...
At FUN 2020, I bought a 1915-S MS-63 for the price of spot gold, maybe a $30 premium when gold was about $1,600. So maybe a 5% premium accounting...
Inquiring minds want to know !! :D
Could be, we may never know. :( I wouldn't be surprised if it is mixture of various hoards to give it size/critical mass, though this Hoard is so...
Pics ???
Part III of the Fairmont Collection analysis is now up:...
He's getting up there in years. Had a co-writer on his LH DE book about a decade ago. And has never done a 2nd Edition on his 2004 Whitman Red...
The price of silver aside, when you pay a certain premium for years and/or decades...and then it doubles or triples or more....you notice it....
I just assumed that the use of Bower's name implied he was a part-owner and/or had an interest in the firm. Guess not.
But isn't that in the past ? If most of the coins (I'll have to re-read it, but if the bulk are already out) then the supply hits should have...
A guest blogger at Doug Winters website has done some spectacular sleuthing and analysis on the composition and details of The Fairmont...
I thought that too, but I think you can still Edit it, no ? You can always ping a Mod and ask them to clear it up. :banghead:
1884-O....should change the subject title. :D
So $6 on a $22 silver price ? Still seems rich....I thought the premium used to be ~$2 when silver was $18-$30 going back a few years ? :wideyed:...
We continue to hold nicely over $2,000....that wasn't the case in 2020, 2022, and 2023 where we gave it up pretty quickly. We traded above that...
Why are all the SMARTEST and BEST people banned from all the coin sites ?? :oops::yack::yack::wideyed::vomit:o_O How is a dunce like me supposed...
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