I wasn't either when I started, and have some embarrassing purchase records to show for it. :rolleyes: If you enjoy the hunt, you'll get better...
As far as coins go, though, if I suddenly found myself with a practically-unlimited budget and no need to worry about resale value, I think I'd go...
But responsibility is so BORing... :rolleyes: (Me too. I can enjoy any coins more once the mundane worries are taken care of.)
I just have to say: if this were any forum other than Ancient Coins, someone would have nominated this title for Troll of the Year... ;)
I was looking through completed listings for an eBay seller just now. He has some Peace dollar lots that worked out to about $15/coin before...
Not crazy at all. You just have a normal human visual system working in the normal way -- finding patterns in what you see. But sometimes those...
Nine ASEs for $134, with spot at $148.14? I'd "takem", too.
I'd say it was a Mint Error (planchet type approved by someone with room-temperature IQ), but I don't think it was a Mint employee who committed it.
Then you should tell them to fix their Web site. ;)
Wow, I'm sorry to see people having been so grumpy on a Saturday night. :( Looks like there were at least two snipes on this auction, driving the...
Yeah, that was me. As I posted in a follow-up message, I suspect they may be simply sorting on weight, not other properties -- in the three rolls...
But which one?!
I'm pretty confident that there isn't anybody here who would have been bidding on that lot, but was dissuaded by this thread. If anything, posting...
Are you the seller, then? ;)
Yup. When your goal is economy, your best bet is always to let lobbyists for one raw-material supplier drive the decisions. :rolleyes:
It'll be very hard to say without seeing some photos. Things that can make a coin look like that include "machine doubling" (which happens when...
I think the same thing you do. I've seen a lot of coins with a surface that looks like that in-hand -- ugly gray and dusty. But if it looks like...
Someone punched it with something sharp. See how the dent on the reverse (back) is right under the bump on the obverse (front)? This is damage,...
I've seen a few listings appear mentioning the coupon in their title, but haven't bitten on anything so far. I did send one question about making...
I'm a notorious cheapskate. The way it plays out for me is that I don't buy very much, because usually there's someone willing to pay more. If...
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