Sorry but you are dead wrong. Proofs, even in the 1800's, and ever since, were sold to the public at a price well above face value. And the annual...
No, there was not such a time. As I said, there are 2 reasons for the mint to exist, to mint coins for use in commerce, and to make a profit. And...
BigTee - go talk to a good accountant and forget what you hear on this forum.
Does that OGP also include the outer cardboard box, or velvet lined box, that these sets usually come in ? If so, then you need to remove those....
I think that's the actual issue for you, but let me ask you - just how much is too much ? 5%, 10%, 25% - where do you draw the line that defines...
Yeah sure, toning will stop if you can cut off the air. But that is precisely the problem, there are no airtight containers. But if you want to...
Because toning can only be slowed down, it can never stopped. And eventually all toning will reach its terminal stage where it is destroying the...
The profits that the mint makes by selling collectible coins is but a tiny, tiny, fraction of their total profits. The only time that taxes ever...
Yes they did raise the prices. But they didn't have any choice, they had to raise the prices because by law they have to make a profit on...
Yeah I know I have. But in your previous comment it seemed like you were saying that I was saying that White was nutcase for saying that. And...
Uhhhh - and where did I say that ? The first sentence in my post is why they think he's a nutcase - nothing else.
In other words you want all taxpayers to pay for something that they don't use and will never use just so you can get it cheaper ? The entire...
You misunderstood, you don't have to have proof of ownership. You just have to sign a paper saying that you own the items. That said, anybody who...
And if they ever run short, they've still got hundreds of millions of them from the last few years they made them for circulation. It's like it...
And do you subscribe to the idea that the author of that book has - that all toned coins not only should be dipped but need to be dipped ?...
Both NGC and PCGS use FB on their slabs, but they each have distinctly different criteria for the coin to be worthy of the designation. But in...
It could have been any of a number of abrasives. Sandpaper, steel wool, emery cloth, tooth brush, polishing compounds, even ordinary cotton cloth....
That may be, but it still isn't due to die polishing. Die polish lines will never be found on the devices, not even on early coins. You may see...
The same thing is true of all the special designations. And in every case, NGC has tougher requirements than PCGS does.
Bull ! No mod ever takes sides - ever !
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