The spots may be due to sweat, spit or snot, deposited long ago. In that case, the spots will be mostly dried, denatured protein along with some...
NGC is using the 10-point scale for coins from 1982 onward at the submitter’s discretion. 70-point grading is still available for these coins....
South Dakota vs Wayfair, 2018, is the relevant Supreme Court decision. If you’re a U.S. citizen buying from a dealer in the U.S. and the sale is...
Would have to be a slab with a half cent of known variety or other coin of same diameter because the insert weight will vary with diameter of the...
I don’t currently have the coin I mentioned earlier at hand or have pics. But below are examples of crowns in prongless and pronged holders....
Call PCGS. They may be able to put it in a slab with prongs that hold it in the middle. Then you can see most of the edge. I had them do this...
Actually, acetone is a drying agent. It's often used in labs for quickly drying glassware and ceramics. It's miscible in all proportions with...
Ultrasonic cleaner, hot water and detergent, and they'll be finger-lickin' clean. Plumber should look for rings and gemstones. I know a lady...
So who owns the coins now? Probably pay the laundromat to put in filter screens ... then they collect the coins and don't have to call a...
Great Collections, Stack's Bowers, eBay and PCGS are all in California. But if you're located in another state and doing a deal with a California...
Yup. But it's if the buyer lives in CA. Doesn't matter where the seller is as long as they are in the US. If the seller is in the US and the...
Effective Jan 1 this year, the exempt limit went from $1,500 to $2,000. Applicable legal code is below. Has anyone experienced sales tax being...
I'll be there Thu and Fri. If anyone would like to meet, please PM me. Cal
They are a big eBay seller based in S. California. Over 409,000 reviews on eBay w/o a single negative! Have they manipulated the system? Reviews...
Below is a quote from Roger Burdette’s Mine to Mint. He’s describing the floor of the Denver mint where precious metals were assayed, refined,...
About 20% of gold reserves are in the Denver mint, about 20% at West Point and about 60% at Ft. Knox. Very small percentages are at SF and Philly...
Seller’s hoping Barnum was right. Cal [ATTACH]
Looking at an upcoming world coin auction by Heritage, I stumbled across a striking Swiss pattern that seemed vaguely familiar. Then it occurred...
Don't you have to give sniper apps your sign-in info? Isn't this a security problem? Cal
Actually, Heritage bids do go up incrementally. The increments are posted on their website. Others bid the coin up until it reached one...
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