Eddie, with math like that, you must work for the government! "taking a product that cost me $10 say, adding 10% and selling it for $20" $20 for a...
Coin dealing follows that old saying, "It takes gold to make gold" To the best of my knowledge, there is no place to purchase stock for a coin...
I just added a bunch of proofs to my albums and the gloves were very useful handling them, and the uncirculated coins from mint sets too. I have...
I have been looking, and there are various magnifiers that can be very useful. For on the road, you can get a small set of lenses that attach to...
One of those hollowed out Morgans that opened up, known as gamblers dollars
Never was crazy about holes either, and prefer my old coins in XF or thereabouts, but for something like a Gobrecht, especially a nice example...
I hear "they" are pushing for Margaret Sanger on dollar coins? Its amazing the screeching over this. They claim women are not equally represented,...
Value is relative. Nickel and copper has costs to mine and refine, and there is always inflation. Consider the lowly wheat cent. I just skimmed a...
Gee, and after paying a premium price for the old album, it instantly becomes obsolete and loses value when the new one issues. And your Type Set...
You could always check the date on the coin. Clad coinage is struck in a style called cupro-nickel. A layer of copper between two layers of...
Metals increase in value slowly over time. When I was a kid, common change was 90% silver. Nowadays, the government makes cents out of pot metal...
e got over $500 for it, and he has over 1000 sales and a 100% SATISFACTION RECORD? Given your story, he is a deliberate fraud, not some innocent...
I used to be nearsighted, but had cataract surgery in both eyes and I am now farsighted. Its great for driving, however, it has unintended...
Everyone has preferences, but large coins seem to appeal very widely. When I go abroad, I often take golden dollars or Ike dollars as tips. People...
Yeah, the urge to "upgrade" is almost irresistible with a Type Set. I started long ago on one, in a Dansco 7070. My young sons got hold of it and...
I can understand that it would sell for a percentage of its real value if it was fake, but almost $1900 for a fake? I bought a fake seated dollar...
Tom, I appreciate your thinking, and I am putting together a Dansco 7070 type set myself. I have about 60 coins now. I have managed to fill the...
You can buy plastic bags specifically made for vacuum storage. They are popular for seasonal clothing storage. I would put the coins in capsules,...
I have a few coins I think are worth having graded and slabbed by a third party grader. Its somewhat embarrassing, but I don't know how to do so....
No signs of polishing. I think the original purchaser bought one of those heavily worn birth year sets you see in the back of a magazine, then...
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