What makes you believe that is what happens? I said itemized description and lots of good photos. I have paid thousands for lots with junk but a...
Again, depends on what he wants to do. Yes, that is a good "middle of the road" approach, try to sell any truly desirable coins separately, and...
It depends on what you want Jim. Do you want to try to maximize the value, or get it over with? To maximize the value you probably need to break...
I like money, I like saving money. However, in this day and age with the vastly superior counterfeits coming out of China, you have to be smart....
Yeah, Hadrian is second only to his mentor Trajan in getting the most bang for his buck legend wise. :)
Or list it here. You probably would get a better price from another collector rather than a shop.
Six in one hand. No way of knowing. There ARE quite a few real pieces out there, its just very rare for them to show up randomly. There was a...
I agree with others here, sorry David. These coins especially have been faked for a very long time, so its not unusual at all for people to find...
Its not Philadelphias are unwanted, its there is excessive demand for southern mints. If you want a philadelphia quarter eagle, choose any date....
Yeah, it was just you that was attracted to Bellatrix. Now, in some other movies she is hot, but not that one.
I agree 100%. Anyone saying that to me immediately raises doubts in my mind.
Well, that is what I said would be helpful, an attribution.:) It makes the piece much more interesting to know it was a local copy.
The same can be said of buyers being able to buy hundreds of ounces that they have no ability to fully pay for. Thd leverage has always been just...
Yes, that is what I was meaning. No doubt these fakes are not struck, so evidence os striking would be absent if you were educated on what to look...
I agree. At this point its silver scrap, which usually sells at a discount to market, but not worthless of course.
Yes and no. You are the one Doug who always says every coin is unique, right? So, any standards are generally used, knowing on occasion there will...
Very true. However, in those cases the tungsten was inserted into the bars and the gold was melted to form around the tungsten. That is a lot...
How does it not have anything to do with the watch function? I said that I never watch an auction I am interested in, since it may alert others of...
Yeah, and I know I brought up tungsten, but remember tungsten is not very cheap, and very difficult to work with. I think it has the highest...
From Wikipedia: "Between 1960 and 1971, a new coinage was introduced, consisting of brass 1 and 5 centavos, cupro-nickel 10, 25 and 50 centavos,...
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