I guess we'll see if the future comes true...
I'm in the majority here, which doesn't seem to happen often, since I also use Excel. I also track the bullion values of both numismatic and...
You have countless options, but what is your ultimate goal? For me, I try to buy PMs for the lowest cost. If prices seem elevated, I hold off...
I should have been more specific about my ".7" - I meant the Actual Silver Weight (ASW), not the fineness. The "From Clovis to the Republic...
I believe this is an extension of the Monnaies de Paris' previous series "From Clovis to the Republic," which featured all men (including Clovis,...
The Canadian Mint also produces coins for numerous countries, though I can't remember exactly how many. When I first drove into the Winnipeg...
Either one is better than neither one...
I posted this elsewhere recently, but it also fits here. A 1 Yen Meiji Dragon with an incorrect slab - "M25 (1892)" should say "M29 (1896)." Oh...
Hm. I still want a nice Marcus Aurelius. Being a wannabe adherent of stoicism, he's the only real Stoic I know that graces a numismatic item. I do...
A good dealer would at least explain the price drop if you ask. If it was an inventory problem, the dealer should say "I already have too many of...
Yes, and add to that the difficulty of actually making a living in the coin business. As I've perused coin shows both physical and virtual over...
Anything that involves exchanging money inevitably has an an investment element to it. You may absolutely love the look, feel and presence of a...
Littleton's ingenious marketing pulled me in at least once back in my more impulsive days. I forget what the impulse offer was, perhaps an entire...
Shop around and see what lures you in. I bought my first ancient at a local coin shop - it had a wonderful portrait of Probus on it and I thought...
I see some other sites selling these for between $247 - $260. Ebay had one for $264. I think I bought mine a whole ago when gold was much lower,...
Wow! The first pure energy proof coin! What will those Canadians think of next?!
The heft definitely makes an impression. I always think "wow, these used to actually buy things! Had I lived back then, would I have really traded...
I use Libre Office, a free spreadsheet program that pretty much does what Excel does but for $0.
My parents bought my first coins when I still had only a single digit age, so I don't exactly remember the first one. A sewing machine shop in a...
Wow! I went to Aladdin's Castle when I was a mere tyke. I had forgotten about it and arcades in general. I used to have a few of those tokens, but...
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