I'm 67, but have only been collecting coins for 7 or 8 years. I collected a lot of other old stuff before that - musical instruments, pocket...
I have two dealers I love, for completely different reasons. First there's Doug Winter, who likely needs no introduction. What I like about...
All good stuff - with one exception. I don't get the issue about returning a coin. If there are returns offered, then there are returns. If...
Wow, there are so, so many US coins. Partly for that reason, I'm attracted to Carson City mintage - it's not outrageously impossible to own one of...
Here's the twenty cent piece from my CC "one of each type" collection. All of the silver coins in this collection are raw, so most are likely...
Are you the official welcome party? Nice. I don't think I've ever been welcomed into the world before. Thanks.
Wow - so every now and then it's resulted in a huge windfall for their estate, huh? That's very interesting, very important subtle difference...
So if these were samples sent the mint director, I have two questions about that: 1. were they ever legal tender? 2. why were they considered...
Good one!
I like this one quite a lot - 1892CC Eagle. Really sweet coin from near the end of the Carson City Mint era.
Just got a similar email regarding backorders - moved from June to first and second week of August. I guess it's somewhat reassuring that they...
Populariity, yes - it is in the shape of a baseball, pretty cool. But unique? hard to say something of which there are 50,000 or 500,000 of is...
What was your order date for those? Thanks doug
FWIW, I'm beginning to agree with your basic analysis, Josh. Since it seems that many of the 50,000 or so Gold coins haven't been minted yet,...
I sold an 1885 AU 55 CC recently. The coin was posted here at one point. I believe I got about $600 for it - but you would have to deduct the...
Regarding private VS gov't sector. . You should see my phone bill. That's a private company and it isn't a monopoly anymore - it's outrageous...
Membership in CAC has requirements that not everyone can meet - which is fine I suppose. I'm not a member and I don't meet their qualifications...
Good question. I have a related question - I was looking at a rare 1842 gold eagle that has book values listed in the 10K range. Very few have...
I bought a really sweet 1851 gold dollar - AU 55 with CAC certification recently for under$300. Of course there isn't a heck of a lot of gold...
At $1000 oz I'd be looking at picking up full grade certified common date double eagles (anything over AU55 I suppose) for $1200 or less. Lately...
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