To respond to the author with the grocery store analogy! I do know the importance of developing a rapport with people who can make or break your...
FWIW? whatever that means. You are not the only one noticing a trend. It seems more and more clear to me that if I do not agree with the majority...
I have no doubt there are still some good brick and mortar dealers out there! If that's you then this is not about you! However if you try to...
Geez you " coin dealers " cry foul when we complain about low ball offers, then you cry foul when we want to offer you less then you want for your...
The common denominator is the coin. The plastic home of said coins can be helpful if your are in this hobby for points, or you want to get a...
I tested a coin dealer today brought 3 different coins in to see what would happen! Incidentally this shop builds itself on the fact that they are...
Great contest Dutchman, congrats Schatzy that was awesome guessing!
63.9 will be my only guess!
One of the things I do to detect if a coin has been cleaned, always hold the coin by the edge careful not to touch the obverse or reverse! Imagine...
I agree with this post, often new numismatists buy these cleaned coins without the knowledge or experience to see they are cleaned. When the day...
I also wanted to say that I often buy single coins for melt then once I have reached a certain goal will sell them in bulk! This is like a...
I do not know how you personally feel about cleaned coins, I on the other hand find it risky at best to buy a Walking Liberty Half that is raw on...
I agree on the graded coins having a slight chance of being over graded, as far as melt goes you can find morgans and other silver coins that...
So we all agree there are a lot of cleaned coins out there, so the wining strategy is only buy raw coins on line for melt, or buy graded coins...
I myself would not buy a cleaned coin, that said if you do ask if the seller is selling it at the full value ( not cleaned ) then it is not a good...
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