I wonder if this thread would exist if silver had never hit $50 thirty years ago? About 10 years ago, I was really into penny stocks and many...
Painted, disfigured, damaged ASE's are a bit of a crap shoot. If the price of silver zooms, no problem. If silver goes down and stays down, it...
There may be a reason why they're $140 - check the dates. If they're selling coins, I really don't think they're doing it blindly. I'm...
Older silver definitely gets a premium - not sure it deserves it though.. When I would go through the "junk silver" at my local coin dealer in...
Bingo! I'm not a scanner/photography expert, but I use my scanner to check coins I think are "pristine" or MS-68s. If I scan them and I...
Desert or Mr. Gem, you are one of the posters/educators/gentlemen that make this forum truly great. We talk about this, we bemoan it, we...
What he said. Without sounding like a boring school teacher---> patience, patience, patience. Decide you WANT the coin BEFORE you start...
Agree with everything. My "fetish" is that I'm collecting Mint Sets (because they are "cheap" and I can always cash them in for something)...
Thank you Mr. Coin Lover for that clarification. I think the LEVEL of contact you had is paramount to determining what the MINT's idea is on...
Mr. Coin Lover - a point of clarification - by using the fellows name - Michael White, there is the suggestion that he is "somebody" at the mint....
Here's probably "THE" link for SBA's and Sacs. http://www.smalldollars.com/ Check out the "Full Talon" link. If you look at a bunch of SBA's...
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