I appreciate the info from the more established dealers. It is difficult some times to figure out what the market is in a given locality....
About the pennies, a few ways to deal with them, $400 dollars face. enough to buy a microscope and have some fun. The...
You know the joke about "sent photo of boat", lady, this beats a boat! If I wasn't all ready married to a collector...... You...
I was just thinking about this, Even if you plan on keeping most of them it would pay to have them certified, if only to be easier to insure them,...
Their security, not yours. A good dealer could submit them for you. Or you can join the ANA -always a good idea! and send...
Silver surfer, there are 4 kinds of rarity at least, (a) absolute rarity, the 1804 dated silver dollar, old mormon gold, etc. grade...
just some observations, The coin market is overwhelmingly "local" for many of the lower priced issues. Same with shows. From what I...
looks like a year 79 (1980)
If you are into coins that are commonly counterfeited, atica owls, chinese warlords issues etc, it is good to have good references on the common...
The austrian mint had a video clip up for a while, it may still be there, of the press minting Maria Theresas. These are a broadstruch coin, you...
I spent more time looking at the design, WOW. It is amazing how much better they became in a few short years. Collonials and territorials are...
That is a wonderful note. It would be worth more than all my notes. I believe that hancock was named for fuss and feathers, as was...
The count is interesting, the absolute numbers are not as important as the overall idea that the numbers of currency collectors is comparatively...
Found a nice trade dollar last fall, according to Max Meil's (spelling ?)catalog (oh, I like his catalogs) from the 30's. It wasn't worth a...
"Charles Larsen" wrote a good one about dies and counterfitting, seems he got his info from Mark Hoffman. I know guys who have seen Hoffman's...
Funny thing, we could.
Thanks for the heads up on the buyers. Their web site is about half broken as well. I doubt that I will see it, but will watch for it. I do...
I had never realized the numbers were so slanted, just about every coin accumulator I know will save the more common collectible notes that come...
A long time curator of the National Gallery had a sign above his desk "We Collect Collectors". It is my experience that people do buisiness with...
8 to 10 x has been fair for a couple of years. sounds like you are a classic hobby collector. From the the Max Mehle era to the early 70's you...
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