My take on the authentication is different than most here. I don’t sell my coins. The older I get, the more it occurs to me that I will be leaving...
Well, no...... Now you are seeing bag marks. Bag marks are considered acceptable when grading a coin. Yours displays a gouge. That is considered...
Hooray!! I been waiting for this and have my list prepared. Is it difficult to get into the mint website when they do these releases?
@Kasia is doing a wonderful job of teaching you a very important aspect of collecting. High grade examples are high grade. And that is an emphatic...
Oh yes I do. I been collecting close to fifty years. I can count on one hand the coins I have sold. However I have gifted loads of coins. Selling...
Not really worth any more than face value. However there is a growing fan base for toned coins. So if you like them, then keep them! What can be...
Getting moving this morning and thinking it is a good day to go see my dealer. Worked hard and deserve a reward.... So I am mentally inventorying...
Well last week I got a beautiful AGE from @ilmcoins but work kept me bottled up in the office this week. Now I fee deprived. I may have to go hit...
It’s a wonderful piece of American history. It is not a rare date. Among the highest mintages if not the highest of the series. Without photos it...
That it TOTALLY cool!
I hadn't considered an antique store. I plunder pawn shops and gun shows for the odd coin deal. Do antique dealers tend to have old coins in...
I am not a variety guy... But that does appear to be the real McCoy to me.
I seem to remember you mentioning in another thread that you were also a collector of space memorabilia. If I am wrong just disregard..... Have...
If you are risking being overstocked on 1921 Peace Dollars.....:D
I used to think this was a good idea. I still cannot find a hundred dollar bill that I put in a "safe place" four years ago. At my age, every day...
Maybe would could talk them into setting up a new forum section..... Ask Paddyman98 About Your 1943 Copper Cent!!!
My wife just emailed the story to me..... Dang, she is slow in an instant information age...:confused:
I saw one of those programs where they took one of those small fire safes and dropped it on it's corner. It popped right open pretty as you please.
A safe deposit box is the ultimate in security. The negatives are that you rent the box from your bank (usually pretty cheap) and the only time...
One of my first memories upon leaving the Army was going to a grocery store on a Sunday. I bought a can of soup and a can opener. The cashier...
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