Well, yeah. But let's not forget that they at least tried with the fifth dollar, for 3 years - 1875-78. It didn't last any longer because people...
I don't see how size to value proportion can in any way tell anybody that our coinage was based on Spanish colonial coinage. The coins of...
The one thing that nobody has mentioned yet is that in the very beginning our coinage was based on Spanish colonial coinage. But while their...
Teaching is teaching, regardless of what the subject is, so the same principles and methods apply. It's just like it is when you went to school....
Horse puckey ! They occur virtually overnight. Prime example, PCGS quit using the green label slabs in 1998 and switched to the blue labels. And...
:) Yes you have Michael, and so have over a 100 others. But then at the time I was rather busy running a different forum :)
OK, but if that is true, then why is that when prices drop grades don't go down ? And please, don't try and tell me that they do because the...
Hmmm, OK if you say so. Personally, I'd say that the best evidence that I do have clue is the success of this forum itself. As for this - I...
Oh there's lots of people you could say that about, and not just on coin forums either. But consider this, if there were not any arguments or...
As a general rule estimates given by auction houses are pretty much always low, and quite intentionally so. Now I've never heard or read of an...
Anybody can see what their member number is Mike just by looking at their own Profile page. For instance, if you look at yours, you see this in...
That depends on how you wish to define "active". There are thousands of members who access or visit CT every day, but rarely if ever post. I would...
Mike your making a false assumption. Back then there were many standards, not just one like there is today. Silver and gold both had different...
@kaparthy Mike your original join date was Sept. 16, 2002, you were the 33rd person to join CoinTalk. To put that into perspective for you, your...
Once a certain member sees this, you may have made a lifelong friend :D
He would, if you'd leave him a tip once in a while Chris :D
I wouldn't say it's the right word either, but it certainly expresses the accurate meaning. There is absolutely no doubt that TPG grading standing...
He didn't post 2 on purpose, it was a double post is all - since merged.
Basically all of the special designations are meaningless when it comes to whether or not a coin is actually well struck. If you want a well...
5 minutes on Google convinced me I would not be buying or using the PCCB holders.
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