I know Spanish 8 reales were used in the colonies in early 18th century.
If you left your set of Franklins to your grandchild and he held it for about 40 years is bet it would really be a good deal. I am not making...
MS65 Gem Uncirculated are affordable but Proofs and too high IMO. If you don't mind collecting MS63 they are very affordable and many have...
You know the Federal Reserve has made just saving money a losing proposition. The only way to get a half-way decent return on your money is to...
Cascade As you say we just had pm's go bonkers in 2011. Is it more likely they will go bonkers again, or revert to inflation adjusted...
There was a real estate induced financial meltdown in 2008 if you can remember back that far. The Secretary of the Treasury went down on his knees...
I just really like to collect coins to make my younger brother envious since he used to collect coins before he became such a cheapskate. When he...
Why do you expect higher metal prices from present levels over the next 15 years? We just had a rare bull market spike in 2010-11 and we are down...
I don't collect coins as investments either, but I was wondering what people might say. It seems the best way to make money with coins is to for...
I wonder what ten coins a collector/investor could buy today that might net him a profit in ten years. Let's stay in the realm of the senses and...
I see the 1908-S, 1909-D, 1913-S and the 1914 Saints as the best low mintage circulated coins. The ones that were melted down from 1920's are...
Are the coins silver?
There have only been maybe three gold bull markets in the last 100 years where price really spikes. We just saw one in 2010-11 and prices tend to...
I buy slabbed coins online because at least someone has agreed on a grade. This is true to me since you don't usually pay anymore for a graded...
When you buy them be sure they are graded and slabbed on Ebay IMO. Otherwise you just don't know what you are getting. Most of the sellers don't...
That really depends on the dealers and the particular LCS's. The last show I went to I thought everything was going for retail prices and I did...
Looks much better now. Seems like a nice coin to my eye. MS64 or better?
I don't even like Paypal credit since if you use ebay you almost must use Paypal. I just have Paypal charge my credit card and do not use Paypal...
You would think that S. America would have zillions of silver coins. Mexico as well. The thing is there is a world silver spot market so that...
What is weight of gold in the coin? I don't see how you lose at $80.
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