No, there is no flaw in the black rings ! They are 100% inert and it is absolutely impossible for them to harm your coins in any way, shape or...
Oh for heaven's sake Ruben, do you have to purposely make an effort to draw this out and prolong it ? You know as well as I do what he is saying,...
I would like to thank all of YOU, the members of Coin Talk. It's you folks who make this place what it is :bow:
Enough already ! Stop the bickering !
That's fine if that's what you choose to do. But in all honesty very few dealers are going to have a price marked on the holder. There's a couple...
There is no rule when it comes to how a particular dealer prices his coins because it can vary greatly with each individual dealer, and each...
I think you'll learn a few things is what I think. But in order for your experiments to have validity you'll have to follow the same specific...
The problem with the direct fit model is two-fold. For one the coins themselves can vary slightly in size. And the holder can vary slightly in...
Words of wisdom. Of course it has been said so many times and in so many different ways that it should be permanently ingrained in every...
One thing softmentor - I do not know of even 1 price guide that is based on history or actual realized prices - not 1. The Grey Sheet for...
That is a common misconception. The coins that have the best, highest quality luster, are those struck with the freshest, newest dies. There is a...
You make a valid point. When it comes to value condition matters with books just like it does with coins. But if you are careful with your books...
Snapper - First of all what you did to that coin is not looked down upon. The reason it is not looked down upon is because that is exactly what...
A couple of things you might want to be aware of Kyle, if you are not already. First of all that scratch across the cheek is almost bad enough...
There you have it. It's not worth the paper it's printed on. The only reason it is printed is to make money for the folks printing it by selling...
Yeah, not every book is expensive. But it also depends on what you want out of that book. General reference books are usually fairly cheap. Even...
Absolutely not ! You want to know the truth ? What you should do is take the Blue Book and put it on a shelf. And never look at it again....
Yeah you could say that. That's the problem Jason is having. I told him privately the other day that the books are pricey. I think he about...
Just because a coin looks shiny or reflects light that does not mean that the coin has even 1 speck of luster on it. Many people make this mistake...
OK, say you are collecting a series of coins. You don't own any books on that specific series so you use the general info you can find in the Red...
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