Howdy, I've got to agree with Frank. Yeah, it's rude and bad customer service, but hardly illegal. I worked in a restaurants for about 5...
Howdy, I'm pretty new to this board, but not discussion forums. I've been collecting for ~50 years, but consider myself a rookie. I read a...
Howdy folks, Found this website yesterday and spent quite a while looking at flicks. For example, I must have looked at 100 differently graded...
Howdy, No whizzing is Abrasive Cleaning using a very fine wire wheel on a coin - say with a dremel tool. (similar to what some of us did to...
Howdy, I have to agree with cloudsweeper here. This is a great way to learn how to identify cleaned coins. Actually doing some research and...
retirement Hi Elaine, I try to buy at least one of most everything they issue each year excluding the gold because I can't afford it on a...
work the grandkids Howdy, I working on my grandkids. I buy them one of the basics each year from birth - mint set, proof set, some commems,...
Howdy, I just checked my account statues and mine were shipped on the 29th. I should receive them today or tomorrow. peace, rono
Hi Frank, Back in 3rd Grade our teacher started everyone collecting a year set of pennies. This would have been in '55-56 or so as I was born...
Hi Ruben, Yeppers, the 1921-D Walker is running between $450 in VG and $650 in F. It's one of the key dates for the series. peace, rono
best find in circulation Howdy all, Collecting for my paper route, I got a VG-F 1921 D Walker . . . does it count? ;-) I sold it at a coin...
Hi clembo, Thanks for the suggestions. I've read most and am still reading Travis and Bowers and everything I can get my hands on. I'm more of...
Hi Frank, Yeah, that's why I'm starting to do serious research now. The specific coins I would like and the condition I can and choose to...
Howdy hontonai, Ah, a stock market person. You're correct of course. Hell, I've got stocks I own that have doubled and tripled in a couple of...
Thanks, coleguy, Yeah, I'm not in a rush and am doing my homework - you folks are part of it. I'm thinking more longer term store of wealth...
Hi Andrew, Not super wealthy, but wifey and I are in good shape. It's just that we've got way too much of our wealth tied up in securities and...
Howdy treasure hunt, As an accountant you can appreciate that this is more of a wealth diversification ploy than any sort of short term...
Howdy cloudsweeper, Just because I've collected for a long time doesn't mean that I know much. I do know the bid/ask spread seems to revolve...
Howdy all, I'll be retiring next year and have collected for 50+. Lately, I've come to the conclusion that my overall wealth needs greater...
Howdy, About the only way is to cherry pick yourself from dealers or at shows. This is what I've done. It really helps to have a dealer or...
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