Oh come on! No one liked this?
I apologize to those who think I sound like a broken record. I'm collecting: 1) Lincoln (1959 to present) 2) Jefferson Nickels (1962 to present)...
I bought my first car off an old lady who fits your description. I only had the car fr two years because it was kept outside 15 years and the...
I know. So are they averaged? To what ratio? It is almost like the grade doesn't make buying any easier. The collector is really going to need...
The guy who runs the shop I go to was shocked that I wanted to see his coins. He helped me, but afterwards gave me his card and told me to email...
The magnifying glass I use seems to be playing tricks on me. At the right angle, I think every penny is a dd. I think I need to go to a shop and...
Doesn't the grading system change with each type of coin? And how is there one grade when a coin hastwo sides? At this point I don't think...
I just bought Grading Coins by Photographs by Q. David Bowers. I find it very helpful, but the focus is US coin. You can,however, play with it...
I have a penny dated 1948, which may have been the year my grandfather joined. It stinks, after he passed I had an opportunity to obtain his...
I chose the wrong line of work. I wish someone would've slapped me upside the head in elementary school and got my head in the game.
I guess my problem is I don't feel it's appropriate to do it. When does one haggle? It has never occurred to me to offer less than the price...
Yeah, until I get good at this I think I'll just get my expensive coins from the US or Canadian Mints.
I posted a thread similar to this a few weeks ago. http://www.cointalk.com/t218720/ I've learned there's a difference between cleaning and...
I agree with you... yet I don't. I know my collection of 1988-1993 Marvel comic books aren't worth the paper they're printed on, yet I love them...
My favorite Christmas gift of all is a weird one. My mother visited me last night and I inquired about my grandfather's coins and the condition...
I didn't get any coins. I did give my son the 2008 + 2012 uncirculated sets and the glow in the dark coin, but they lost out to a Jake and the...
When I was in fourth grade, a coin collecting friend of mine tried to buy snacks in the school cafeteria with a steel penny. He argued the penny...
You saw the dimes I posted. Do you think this is what happened to them?
Anyone purchase coins through magazines like Coin World? What has that experience been like?
Weird. It doesn't look so bad with the naked eye... nor did I notice it look like this when it first came in the mail. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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