They have....they just made too many in the 1960's and 1970's and 1980's. What did they sell for, like $5 ?
Thanks Jim, I'm not sure that the picture does justice to the concavity of the coin. I wonder if anybody knows if the "depth" or concacity can...
13 proof sets for $45 ? Wow....I have a few of those, I think I have (L-R) #11 (lower bottom Left) and #13 (lower bottom Right). I wonder how...
I meant coins in the MS60's.....that has to be very rare (did you see the Franklin Gradeflation Thread ?)....you start going above 2 grade...
OK, thanks...I didn't get out my ANA Grading Standards book (bought on your suggestion, BTW:D ). But if luster/strike and other aesthetic...
OK, now I know I must be lost and confused if a vet like you says I understand it. :D Back to the drawing board.....:D
That would be James Halperin of HA ? Got it....so the initial TPG era of 1986-88 was associated with a loosening. GDJMSP focuses on 2004 as the...
I never thought of that....and now that I have, is this REALLY true ? Possible ? I guess at some point in time the number of CLASSIC coins could...
Aren't things like LUSTER and STRIKE and other features taken into account ? Even if the ANA Grading Standards say that they shouldn't be.....:D
The internet was well-formed by then, though social media was not. So I am somewhat surprised that you would see this big grading change at that...
What's better -- to buy silver at $24 with a $4 premium....or buy silver at $32 with a $1 premium ? :D I get the distaste for paying a premium...
Besides the 2 online places you cited, maybe Stacks-Bowers.
You gotta be kidding me.....:yack:
Maybe this whole grading standards have changed thing is like the economy -- it never grows 2-3% a year in a straight line, there are booms and...
I bought it at FUN 2020 and I think it was like $40-$50 over spot. Maybe less. Very low premium...I was surprised.
HR vs. UHR....after reading the latest posts, I glanced over at my 5-oz. Wedge Tailed Eagle which is High Relief and wondered....why isn't this...
Are some of you into these other designs...or are you just getting 5-oz. of silver in a coin at the cheapest price you can find, the coin design...
Copyright law can be a edited....if any of you are "Wonder Years" fans, you know what I am talking about.
Different time, different economic systems. MV = PQ.....look it up. :D I'm not saying to be cavalier about monetary increases, but let's wait to...
Coin should cost about $35 without a grade ?
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