I don't feel that I was ripped off. They're expensive, but I wanted them and I don't expect the price to come down in the future. The premium...
First look: Buffalo fractionals arrived today These arrived today. The scans don't do them justice, but I haven't mastered the macro photography...
I measured the holes on the half-dollar pages with a caliper. They measure 30 mm exactly. I would suggest trying out 29mm and 30mm pages before...
The page shown above is a mockup that I made to explore the idea of having pages custom printed. I set this up in Macromedia Fireworks. I proposed...
Those prices look like bargains, don't they? I thought I had been reckless in paying $800 for the 2006 Buffalo, but it's melt value is over $900...
Someone else said that on a previous post (or maybe it was you). What insurance company told you that? My insurance (Amica Mutual) doesn't even...
That's the best solution I've heard, also. Storage and bandwidth are getting so inexpensive that this would be a drop in the bucket for a TPG....
Registered mail is handled much more securely and also provides much more detailed tracking information. If something is sent registered it's...
Hey, I'll give anyone a free American Gold Eagle 1 oz. coin for a "vault release fee" of $2500.
One of the most valuable things about CoinTalk for me is learning from other collectors about hype. I'm sure the things I've learned here have...
I see your point. However, the difference between self-slabbers as I think of them and a dealer who prints a grade on a 2X2 is that there is...
I agree with everything you said EXCEPT for I think there is something inherently wrong with self-slabbing. Knowledgeable buyers can simply...
My experience in "making a market" is that it means hyping the value of something in order to drive up the price. I'm not sure exactly what the...
Impeccable reputation or not, David Lawrence is a dealer and there is an inherent conflict of interest in a dealer also being in the grading and...
When NGC slabs a coin that has been conserved, does it go into a different kind of holder or is there a notation indicating that it has been...
The fact is, people DO find them, especially the 40% ones because most people don't realize there ARE 40% silver halves. However, it does take...
I've had the same experience. I've never found a silver or 40% silver half in rolls and the rolls are almost impossible to get anyway. With the...
How does toolhaus.org get feedback that has been mutually withdrawn? I thought it was removed from ebay? (It's very entertaining, though).
I love this one with a positive rating. "BEWARE!! I had to go through Pay Pal dispute claims - coins not shipped!!!!!!"
Just today, in the New York Times, David Brooks (who is a conservative) wrote a column describing "the triumph of King’s early-60s style of...
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