At $450 I would wait. Honestly, even at a quarter of that price I would wait. For me personally, the only thing that coin has going for it is...
As a huge fan of ancient bronze I am drooling over this thread. I wonder if we could get a smallest bronze coin one going too!
I think this is a case of 'to each there own'. I am personally not a fan of die cracks per se, but to the extent they are easy die attribution...
The margin I like to think along is, hole filler versus coin I will be happy with. I try to stay away from hole fillers as the cost of upgrading...
No investment is 100% safe, as you know. Investments have returns because there is risk. The point about coins, specifically non-precious metal...
For early copper, yes. Early copper has it's own 'Price guide', no one who seriously collects early copper uses greysheet. Additionally, while...
Shawn also has two nice, G4 and AG3 liberty half cents available. His prices are pretty reasonable for what they are....
Another point. A die crack should be raised off the surface of the coin for the whole crack. Based on that last photo I think it's more a...
I see something on the top coin reverse, but not sure I would call it an error, can you post better pictures of that coin? The bottom three are...
Couple points. Ebay would be a good place with a starting price of $0.01. If you go that route I would encourage you to take photos of each...
This coins is PMD for sure. Think through the minting process on how this would happen. This coin has the obverse imprint of another penny on...
ALIENS!!!
I would need to see the coin in hand to determine what is going on as I am between a die crack and a stain, although with the zinc pennys you can...
I am on the coins+investment=bad idea train, mostly because I don't want to subject my hobby to that much work, I want to buy what I like not what...
Bob Grellman is not a dealer per se, he is the business partner of Chris McCawley. No insider knowledge on my part, but based on my observations...
For lower grade coins I really like Tom Deck, his prices are very fair: http://largecents.net/forsale.php He updates monthly and sends an email...
Judaea Capta series sestertius, ric 221: [ATTACH] Just picked up a new Vespasian dupondius at the Baltimore show, but don't have a picture yet.
Coins are a bad investment. Collect what you enjoy, keep it as a hobby and keep your investments separate.
That sounds frustrating to think you are getting it attributed and then to get it back without. For what it's worth, I don't really trust PCGS to...
got back a couple hours ago, found a lot of nice ancients, but my money ran out pretty quick :) Had a lot of fun with my son, he picked up a...
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