Really ? Interesting....So how did it become the system we have today ? I know it took off when the TPGs came around, I presume Sheldon was long...
Hey Vets....I take it that by-and-large when you saw UNC in The Red Book or in the CDN Newsletter and all those others, that it generally referred...
Can't say enough about the Roger Burdette book on Saint-Gaudens......freakin' spectacular. :D If you collect Saints...if you're considering...
Another great write-up. This is probably the 1st coin I ever got as a present and became familiar with.
BB21, I wonder if Sheldon just ASSUMED that an uncirculated coin would have no wear ? Maybe he just never figured on wear, dings, friction from...
By "wear" -- we mean it actually circulated like at a coffee shop or something for some brief period of time, right ? As opposed to never being...
Randy, it's been discussed in other threads that many times with certain coins (Saints, MSDs) the AU58's look "better" than the low-60's MS. I...
Not only that there are very few "+" marks below MS64. I guess the Sheldon Scale didn't see the need for 1 point increments. Rounding up/down...
Yeah, even without your quantity, I thought having the 1970 book was good to have. It followed a big decade of coin collecting (maybe the...
My mistake.....the price listed included cents for most years, but a few of the others didn't have 2 decimal places for cents and just used...
Dave, I see Proofs from 1873-1883 going for $340 - $500. But the 1884 (Wolfson Sale, 1963) is at $8,750 and the 1885 Proof is $9,000. UNC from...
That's the definition of incuse -- fields have the highest point ? Not the rims ? That's not the case on Double Eagles ?
Crap, can a Mod please change the subject title to 1970 Red Book ? Damn typos !! :mad: You can delete this post when the title is corrected....
I just bought the 1970 Red Book (A Guide Book of United States Coins)....got it off Ebay for like $7 including S&H. Wow...talk about a trip down...
I didn't know they published other books, I thought that was the only one. Thanks, I'll look for them. Cover is a bit "glossier" but the internal...
Gold Reports from Scotia Bank: Here are some current Gold & PM sell-side brokerage reports with lots of gold and PM stock data plus comments on...
Well, I'll buy it. :D I'm reading Roger Burdette's book on Saint Gaudens Double Eagles. Mowing down about 20-30 pages a day....hope to finish by...
These writeups take time and I/we certainly appreciate your effort and expense in typing them up, John !! :D
Great stuff, John....will read these lengthy pieces later today but thanks for taking the time to write them.
You answered your own question: you bought during a BUBBLE. That's a no-no.:D Stocks do best over time. Gold and gold stocks have been...
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