If the color of your gold coins puts you off, I'd be happy to relieve you of the burden. ;) Do you really find that Saints in general have a...
Reminds me of the bank teller years ago that was bragging about someone bringing in a bunch of old silver dollars, which she bought to give to...
I noticed that one, too. Oh, yeah, I already posted a photo of the Humbert...
No way to tell from those pictures, except that yes, it was mistreated at some point. I don't think those photos would let anyone accurately...
It would be a stretch, given that the coins are considered "damaged" as a result of being cleaned/polished. Silver value for each set is in that...
This was from the Raleigh show, right? I believe I saw that display of Bechtler gold. One of the ones where I feel nervous looking at it for too...
Yep, I saw that table. WOW.
You and me both, brother. I get the idea that it confirms the coin is purely worn, but otherwise problem-free -- but does a green bean mean it's...
Back today, and yep, nearly every table is occupied. More attendees, too. Off to see if anyone will offer better than 18x for my friend's silver...
It's actually the other way around -- the corrosion takes oxygen (and possibly traces of other gases) out of the atmosphere of the case, and locks...
And if you just leave your collection to your heirs, they won't be needed. The notion that capital gains are based on non-inflation-adjusted...
Besides, first they'd have to fish it up from the bottom of the lake. ;)
Huh -- according to PCGS, these are usually heavily circulated. And I suppose as a non-government strike it shouldn't really be called a Half...
Back now. Crowds were kind of slim in mid-to-late afternoon; one vendor said there was a lot of traffic from the public in the morning. I saw at...
Heading out ("like a herd of turtles", as my wife likes to say). Report to follow, although I'll have less time there today than I wanted....
I'd like to think the rusting metal cases are sacrificially protecting the coins inside, but I'm afraid the chemistry doesn't work that way. :(
Some people have always succeeded by working hard and doing a good job -- but there have always been more who have succeeded by working hard and...
I'm thinking that, at least in some years, we had to report how much we got paid and cost-of-goods/expenses separately. It's that latter part that...
Well, I have reported my (meager) profits from selling. That presumably makes those sales fair game for "show us your purchase receipts".
I was misremembering this quote from the PCGS page on proof 1878 Trade dollars: This still seems to indicate that some were not melted or "sold...
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