The French called them essais. It was made for the same basic reason that any pattern is ever made - as ideas for a new coin design. I used to...
Nope. But I used to spend a lot of time studying, researching, and using common sense. Couple that with experience and it's amazing what you can...
Let's try this then. I bailed out of stocks in early 2000. I think I'd be bailing out of precious metals pretty dang soon ;)
They already have. TPG after all stands for Third Party Grader. So CAC and now SPG are the fourth party.
Based on what I have seen of that slabber the coin is likely worth $25- $30.
As stated, the answer to all your questions are - it depends. As a rule of thumb harsh cleaning can reduce a coin's value anywhere from 20% to...
Seems to me I've seen that coin before. Hopefully I have expressed the same opionion that I did then.
Interesting, I'm quite anxious to see what they think of the coins submitted to them.
Unfortunately it is not a question of whether or not the coin is beautiful or not. It is the term itself and how it has come to be used by those...
Something you need to understand about this forum it seems - we have rules that forbid any posts that contain offers to buy, sell, or trade. Any...
It's not that mahogany doesn't put off any gases, it just puts off less gas than other woods. So if one is bound and determined to use wood,...
In this day and age, think of it this way. If a coin is described as BU, it typically means you don't want it.
You would be much better off just selling the set you have as is and buying another set that you are happy with. It's not like these sets are hard...
It's a privy mark. With many world coins the privy marks carry as much significance as a mint mark does.
Here's one I used to have -
Matt - I'm coming but it's going to be Saturday during the day only. While I'd love to join you guys for dinner I plan on leaving so I can get...
Somehow I missed this post - Anyway, start here - http://www.cointalk.com/t14112/ - for web sites. As for books, there are literally a ton of...
AU details but it looks to have suffered a harsh cleaning at some point in the past. As to how I arrive at that - it's pretty easy to see the...
The coins are fairly common, and in lower grades never amounted to much value wise. With silver so high today melt is probably as good as you...
They take dealer sales as proof of value too Gary, but it really doesn't prove anything. Think for a minute - you ever go looking for a a...
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