There's a few books out there on commems. Take a look and you will find some very fascinating history. They are wonderful to collect, and you...
I say bag the dollar...unless you are really serious about circulating it..
I use the ANA grading guide when grading coins. I am far from being an expert when it comes to grading. Heck, at a coin club meeting, a member...
You've picked two beautiful and excellent coins to collect. I would suggest getting a coin price magazine or the gray sheet. Also, pickup the...
I think the coin was for $900 and I would have paid $950 if it came out VG-8 or better. It was hilarious and a good story. But what did we...
Most outstanding dude!
No I agree, but sometimes (but not too often) I see dealers sell slabbed coins higher than raw. The slabbed coin may be more in the red book or...
With all these fake trade dollars out there, would you consider buying one slabbed, especially if you are going to pay $150+ for it? From what I...
At a coin show my wife and I attended a couple of weeks ago, we were searching for a trade dollar because of the beauty, although we did not know...
Thanks to ya'll for all this superb information. It certainly was helpful and it confirmed what I've been thinking and how I want to search for...
That would be my approach... buy it slabbed and leave no doubts on either end. Maybe I'm a little conservative, but we are talking about bookoo...
My search for a 1916-D Mercury Dime in VG-8 or VG-10 has been a painful one. At I coin show, I saw plenty of AG's, G's, an F-12 and an F-15....
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