hi, after a long time in vintage baseball cards, i'm in coins. i'm familiar with the "buy the book before the..," and "buy the..., not the slab,"...
Hi, I'm new to the hobby and have been having a tough time figuring out how to store my coins. I'm wondering how you store yours- is there one...
thanks for the response- what i mean is- i'm looking for markings specific to new york. for example- i bought a flying eagle cent with d.h. day...
Hi, I'm looking for a resource for counterstamped coins. I've been able to find lists of known CS coins, but they are listed by merchant/company....
wow, elaine! you're everywhere all the time. amazing.
if the spot price of silver is, $16.20, the value of the silver in the 90% silver proof state quarter is is $2.9297. this being the case, the...
yes. big profit indeed. why do you think the price the set sells for is usually below spot?
thanks elaine- i should clarify- if the spot price of silver is, $16.20, the value of the silver in the quarter is is $2.9297. this being the...
this may be a ridiculous question, but... do the 90% silver quarter proof sets contain the amount of silver in the pre-1964 silver quarters? if...
tokens I'm also very interested in tokens- mostly have been picking up hard times, civil war, and (not sure the exact name of the category, but...
thanks thanks for the responses. interesting views. i find it hard to believe that every set has been picked over- surely there are thousands of...
Am I crazy, or does it seem to be cheaper (at least on ebay) to buy an uncirculated or proof set from any given year that the set contains silver...
hi, i am starting to get into the annual sets the mint puts out and am confused. it seems that there are 3 different types: uncirculated, proof,...
I've edited out my email address- thanks for all the tips. I'm attaching a pic of the coin from Govmint.com (posted it in another thread but...
Thanks everyone- what an amazing resource. I already named the store of the first coin in question (posted a pic from govmint in a different...
I just posted an intro with some questions- mentioned a coin I bought but have not yet received yet. It turns out that I do have scans of it...
Trade Dollars - authenitc? Interestingly, I happened upon these two chopmarked TDs in the past few minutes- not from Govmint.com - anyone care to...
Hi, (thank you in advance for this long winded introduction) I've been collecting coins for years- my strategy going in was to pick up a few...
hi, thanks. my areas of interest are new york-related stuff from the 1800's. i like pretty much all the hard times tokens i've seen (ny-specific...
hi, i'm new to the hobby- i am interested in tokens - exonumia- have searched the web band found a ton of information, but i was wondering if...
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