Unless a dealer has inventory well into the six figures, plus a checkbook ready to write into the five figures, I don't know how it would be...
All I had to do was call PMG, do a little paperwork and my NGC account applied to their submissions. Regular service is the way to go unless you...
I sent in several Colonial notes to PMG less than a month ago and got the results yesterday. The Connecticut note turned out to be a contemporary...
To answer the original question, even nice sovereigns may only bring 98% of the .2354 melt value when selling to big dealers like Upstate Coins,...
Here's a piece I sold through Teletrade recently: http://www.teletrade.com/coins/lot.asp?auction=3296&lot=2022#n
Significant premium for MS versions of the young heads or somewhat later versions. I have seen Mr. Paul's ads for MS63 and above, though it a...
I get all my mail at a UPS Store box. No problems in many years and probably over $1 million in shipments incoming/outgoing.
Or what if it is actually a PCGS or NGC slabbed 1895 proof or an 1893-s? You could argue that someone is going to steal it anyway, why not...
I completely understand where you are coming from, this must be the sort of drudgery that drives you to tears! I remember a CO once in the...
It takes a big man to admit their mistakes and clearly priorities are off here. I don't know what the leading help sites are on the internet....
The Midas syndrome: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas Too bad there isn't a 12 steps program for greed. I met a psychologist at the Free State...
They do good; I don't do business with ebay, I do some occasionally with online auctions, I average $10s of thousands a year if not hundreds with...
You could stretch the dilemna a bit further: what if it was a 1795 FH or bust dollar? A Fugio, or gold or rare date coin? When the coins are...
The Feds are going to be very interested now.
I would say that stereotypes could be a problem if they are used to falsely characterize people, situations or things. They say there are three...
From time immemorial people have prophecied an imminent apocalypse base on astronomical, astrological, theological and other grounds. Supposedly...
This is a crisis and threatens the integrity of collecting, potentially, in all areas. We need a new piracy and counterfeit czar to be tasked and...
I would say that half or more of the coin shops are run in as friendly and agreeable a manner as possible considering all of the pressures of...
The ad is currently online: http://chaimgreenberg.com/selllist.html Mr. Greenberg has made a few changes to the original copy that was run in...
A lawyer friend had this to say about coin dealers: "I have noted that, in the past at least, whenever I went into coin or stamp stores, the...
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