I know the odds are very slim, but I just want to make sure that I have a 1917 and not a 1916 SLQ. It's definitely a Type I, with no mint mark,...
No one knows the future, of course, and extrapolating from the past to the future doesn't always work out how one expects. Such future projected...
^ BIG POINTS FOR THE RANDY NEWMAN REFERENCE!!! I found out much later that when I started out I had bought more than a few cleaned coins. Some...
I have yet to meet anyone face to face, family or not, who shows the slightest interest in this hobby (outside of coin shows or coin events, of...
I am so happy that people still find silver in circulation - I haven't seen any in years upon years upon years... nice find and congrats for the...
Thank you, that gives me something to go on, at least. I actually agree with you on many things. For one, I think that the TPGs provide a...
Yes, I do have the O/F variety as you pointed out (closeup below from a USB scope). Now I also know what the "B-1" on the NGC slab refers to. I'm...
My experience with coins in antique shops is that they tend to be quite overpriced. This experience became so generalized that I really don't look...
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...
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