This 1834 bust quarter of mine, purchased at a local show, has a grade of VF 25, but the one posted above, graded F 15, seems to look a little...
I'm NEVER wrong when I'm sleeping, eating or using the bathroom. Those are the times when my confidence that I know exactly what I'm doing is...
1942-D Mercury Dime graded MS 67 FB by NGC with CAC green sticker. [IMG] [IMG]
Yes, but not only that, his opinion is very easy to dismiss and to completely ignore because it provides no evidence or arguments whatsoever.
Electronic transactions are much faster than they used to be and they will get faster. I personally don't experience many slow transactions these...
There is absolutely nothing to stop them and we will likely find out when we always do: too late. CAC does have their own online registry,...
Most of this hobby is for-profit, so how do you distinguish for-profit sources that have collector's interests at heart from those that don't?...
Yes, I think the future of circulating coins looks more like thin magnetic strips than struck chunks of metal. It makes more sense with each...
Based on your response, I don't think that you understood my original post, but that's okay. Nonetheless, knowledge and education have been huge...
It does look good, thanks for the reminder. I'm curious whether it takes a Hannah Arendt view of Eichmann or more of the standard historical view....
The TPGs, whether one considers them useful or worthless, are really just a logical extension of the racket of the hobby itself. If one truly buys...
I think your theory about it being a spender makes sense. 1936, with a mintage of over 12 million, doesn't exactly qualify as a rarity really...
Though I'm not completely sure what is meant here by "greatest coin," one of my favorite coins has to be a 1794 Large Cent, even despite its less...
We're of course completely in the realm of opinion here and all of these opinions have at least something compelling about them. Nonetheless, if...
You're absolutely fine collecting these coins. I have some and many people do. Keep collecting them. They are beautiful and fascinating and they...
I think it's great that you asked the question about offensiveness, it at least shows consideration for the perspectives of others, something...
平成二十年 is actually Heisei 20, or 2008. Heisei 12 would read 平成十二年 So the coin is from 2008, not 2000. It is a 500 Yen (五百円) coin from Japan...
1916 Buffalo Nickel graded MS64 by NGC [IMG] [IMG]
BILLIONS of state quarters were minted. Literally billions. Sand grains are probably more rare in some parts of the world. On top of that, a lot...
It's apparently an Austrian "Lucky New Year Token" put out by Sacher - maybe the Hotel? https://www.sacher.com/en/hotel-sacher-wien/...
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