I've given a lot of thought to this topic, and have pretty much given up collecting moderns as a result. I buy a proof, silver proof, and unc set...
VNeal, I'm not concerned about the color. I'm concerned about the heavy wear on the high points (and some of the medium points) of the coin....
Here's one:...
I bought off Heritage on Thursday pm, and have yet to see it, so can't comment on color. FWIW, it's "officially" graded by ANACS as XF-45. I...
I know, buy the coin, not the slab. Still, I'm appalled at how much overgrading there is, even with the so-called premier TPG, PCGS. I was just...
Is it just me, or is there a massive flood of horribly overgraded IHCs? I've seen things in an AU holder where "liberty" is barely readable....
Just picked up this little beauty. How do you think it grades? Looks like an N-9 to me based on the doubling around the 8 and the 4....
Everyone needs to relax
Also working on half cents, large cents, IHCs (only need 8 more) and SLQs (7 more).
growing up buying only low quality coins, condition rarity was a big shock to my system. the 21-s and 26-s were thus the last two pieces to the...
...but I finally completed by Buffalo Nickel collection. I started around ten years old with lawn mowing money, and got most of the common dates....
I recieved a 7% premium on the coins I sold for taking store credit instead of cash. I've done it before with some success. It certainly puts a...
asking price is low 9s, but I think I can get it lower.
It's NGC-XF, good price, and non-cash. Pretty tempting.
I have a large store credit with a dealer I frequent from offloading some coins. Due to this crappy economy, I can't really justify spending cash...
I won't lie, I sold my box to reinvest. But I couldn't resist turning the box to hear if there were loose coins in there. The box sounded like a...
Headed to NO for new years. How is the mint as a tourist attraction. Anyone been since it reopened after Katrina?
38390...I have a tracking number.
What is the other blog?
38390 in process and still on wait list order placed at 6:17pm
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