I'm not sure I think of it as people "falling for it", so much as people assuming they won't be the ones left holding the bag. People got rich on...
Because they've got the money, they want the coin, and they bid more than the other person with money who wanted the coin?
And another warning, although you may already be aware: the criteria for PL were less stringent in the era of those slabs. I had one Morgan...
And I guess that RARE MINT, erm, PRESS ERROR makes the album itself worth $$$. At least, according to YouTube. :rolleyes: I've seen plenty of...
Well, it's certainly a good thing that isn't about to happen. :rolleyes:
That's one of my burning questions. Sure, gold will hit $4000 and then $5000, and silver will hit $50 and then $100. It's just a question of...
My bad. The introductory comment about "bad taste to discuss a coin that is in an active auction" made me think you suspected that this was a...
Except the pawn shop near my office, which just put out a good bit of silver (maybe $100 FV, in $5-$20 batches) - marked at 55-60x FV. I don't...
In a sufficiently old copy of the Red Book (from the mid-70s or earlier), you'll see that certain dates are priced higher than most. I'm...
Really? I mean, yeah, the gold price dominates numismatic value for common gold coins - but what does the silver price do for Roosevelt dimes, or...
I see an 8 on its side. Or maybe Dumbo. I think this is a case of pareidolia, not a clumsy fake with an impossible mintmark that somehow slipped...
Even if it's a tungsten core (for proper weight) wrapped in gold thick enough to take the incuse design, you still made out. Newly posted BIN...
I agree that the 1888 is the star of the show here. It's a shame about that hit to the eye on the quarter. It's still a nice coin, but I'm not...
Power on the sunny days, and wool for the cold, dark, rainy ones!
It's apparently completely practical to combine solar panels with pasture or certain crops; in fact, the partial shade is actually helpful in some...
...because everybody saved them, and so they're too plentiful?
I'm guessing AU, but yes, looks like it got scrubbed. I still wouldn't turn up my nose at it!
And another study in contrast, both from the same transaction: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Spanning a few generations in change from the self-checkout: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I wish someone would do a large-scale study on this. My impression has been that rarities did NOT commonly get attention and get set aside in that...
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