Medoraman, some good points about the lower grades. Hadn't considered the flip side of them, the lower chances of further decline rather than the...
If you want to build a set of lower grade coins because you want to, then by all means do it. Sometimes lower grades are a challenge especially...
Cat converters for platinum isn't really worth it if you're talking about doing it yourself and if your only desire is to get the PM's out of it....
If you look in the thread here: http://www.cointalk.com/threads/1970s-small-date.237534/ I posted one of my proof small dates. Although not the...
Large date. The 7 is below the 0 (top line), and the 9 is notched at the end, it's not "pointy", plus it's pointed towards the mintmark, not back...
Wow. That quarter is stunning... very much like.
Personally, I find it a nice coin and appealing, and one which I wouldn't mind having in my collection. I would say this is not a high premium...
This thread needs a little love... here's a group that just came back from PCGS: MS-64 [ATTACH] MS-64 [ATTACH] PR68CAM (and one Greg might...
Correct. Looking to truck in scrap, and eventually a few weeks later get some shiny metal things in return... :)
Duh. ;) The purpose of the thread was to find out if anyone has used any in the area and have feedback on their experiences, good, bad, etc. so...
So I'm looking for a PM refiner within a reasonable (<200 mi) drive of NYC Metro area/north NJ. I have a sizable amount of scrap which makes it...
I think there's plenty of ways to offer some answers to the OP's questions without sharing "state secrets"... you can leave out how you have 1000...
Personally I mix and match, and usually keep it to 1/4 or 1/2oz at a time. I tend to not like 1/10oz, they're just too small physically and I...
For bullion-grade PM, same ideas as the OP. Numismatic silver is different - for example I don't consider my toned ASE collection or Lunar...
"It depends". That's the $64k question. First question - No offense meant here, but you don't really need to get coins graded to "get serious"...
First off, is it Clad or Silver? The "Brown Ike" is silver, i.e. single coin, brown faux-woodgrain box with coin in OGP. The coin in the normal...
AT all the way, but honestly, I consider that more coin art than anything. I think that is stunning, and props to the artist. I would certainly...
Me too, had to look it up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_of_sulfur My guess is that it's one of the tricks of performing AT.
John / Morgandude, you've hit the nail on the head, and exactly what I've been thinking this time, and any time something like this pops up. A...
Disclaimer - I am not advocating performing any actions that could be inferred or derived from what I'm saying here. I am simply stating how the...
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