That will NEVER happen to me. It should never have happened to you. I will never send in a coin to be slabbed.
He did well. Congratulations on his accomplishment and your medal.
The same blanks were used to make Belgium 2 Franc coins by the u s mint. We made many coins for foreign countries. Biggest date series were made...
On second thought it looks like the crimps around RAVIOLI.
When u s large cents are done like this they were used to crimp pies. I don't know if ancients made pies or P-zones like Pizza Hut sells. Cool piece.
As long as we permit "teachers" to indoctrinate all students and browbeat those who attempt to think we will have suppressed scores. Most of our...
You can't beat a recliner when horizontal sleeping brings excruciating pain. I have not slept in a bed since 2012. I don't leave the TV on due to...
Throughout life I've learned that EVERY job has three components. You can have it FAST; or you can have it GOOD or you can have it CHEAP....
The children or heirs of coin collectors can expect lots and lots of coins. Mine won't because I have pre-sold everything that I collect. A phone...
Smart auctioneers buy bulk coins from LCS and salt their auctions. Buyers pay a premium to "search" these lots. They learn over time that any...
Looks like a capped die resulted in a classic bottle cap. NICE
Purchased primarily by libraries. I rarely see them in the book stores that sell Redbooks. Designed as wholesale prices. You very rarely see...
In my personal opinion any mint offering that is not circulating in some form or other is either a bullion piece or a token. I collect tokens but...
I quoted what I was referring to. "Quick sale at a fair price" is not a universal experience whether you follow the slabbing advice or not. Rather...
EVERY collector should run a test and learn some things for themselves. Take a nice good for grade key date coin or a grade premium coin and shop...
Only you know what you paid for these. The calculation is YOUR COST + SLAB FEE versus what the coin ends up being worth. Why you would eagerly...
Coin Talk is a priceless archive of wisdom. There is no way to help the OP. If we all agreed that he got treated poorly the TPG will not move in...
What makes you think that they have your best interests in consideration - ever? None of them will do anything without being paid. None of them...
I would like to find one of these. I could put it next to my autographed MOTHER THERESA baseball.
I was stationed in Germany and bought rolls of US coins from the banks on base. Many contained Swiss 10 Rappen coins in the nickel rolls. The...
Separate names with a comma.
