Great story, and cool retrospective. Life is about learning and growing - and it sounds like you're doing plenty!
While the guy that convinced the TPGs to label the coins as FBL is a speculator and semi-con-man, you can't argue that a fully struck coin is...
The dark splotch is just a dark spot. In hand, there is no evidence of corrosion.
Hey, can any of you guys tell me if I have any RPMs or anything on this one? NGC says its a 1964D, but I think it is a D/S [ATTACH]
Super cool seeing the flowlines on that one, Justin!
I sometimes question the grading of errors. It just doesn't make much sense. Sure, call it EF, or AU, or UNC... but the numerical grades make less...
Entry Post Well, now you made me go look up where/what Timor is. Turns out, its a small island near Indonesia. It was owned by Portugal until...
I wouldn't consider this an error worth designating. In extreme cases, however, they will annotate it on the slab. Unfortunately, this type of...
For an example of how wrong the PCGS and NGC guides were for Franklins, take a look at this sale: In 2015, the PCGS guide for 1963 MS-66 FBL was...
Are price guides descriptive, or prescriptive? That is, does the price guide describe the state of the market over the recent past? Or does a...
I don't think it is ink. I think it is streaks from an improper alloy mixing. That is part of the coin, and was made that way. No amount of...
Markets are cyclical. They go up, they go down. A market like the coin industry goes up, goes down, does what it wants. That's the nature of a...
Yes, absolutely! The problem is, most price guides aren't updated terribly often. It may have been quite a while since the series as a whole was...
Those rolls that are selling on Ebay are original, bank-wrapped rolls that have never been opened - not rolls put together from change. (I'm...
The best reason to use a hard currency is that physical currency limits inflation. The best reason not to use a hard currency is that physical...
Out of curiosity, how have these been stored? Is there much luster on these? They look dull in your pictures, but I'm trying to figure out if...
Nope. And, nope.
Pictures will definitely help us for any future requests, of course. Also, punctuation would be super helpful. Not sure what your native...
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" - the coin hobby
Nah, don't cross it. NGC-CAC sells for about the same price as PCGS. Not worth the fees. If you want high quality photos, there are a number of...
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