I too commissioned a sculpture made of silver. It guarded my late wife's jewelry box and was a wee bit smaller: [ATTACH] My favorite bit of...
In addition to the 40% silver content of 1965-1970 Kennedy's, the use of vending machines grew tremendously in the 1950s and 1960s. But vending...
It depends on why I'm photographing the coin. If it's to document it for insurance purposes or to post here, I typically just shoot through the...
I have an 1855/4 Octagonal California Gold 25 cent piece. It was clearly minted in the US and is about 10mm in size. (Heritage photo) [ATTACH]
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I sent them a copy of the police report, pictures of the lost items, and my estimates of fair market value. I then had to send them a correction...
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My first gold coin was a 1927 St. Gaudens Double Eagle in MS 62. I still own it.
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At least for my portfolio, I could not acquire enough "key dates" in MS65 and stay diversified. Your investible assets, of course, are your own...
There are also rules about how you store your coins above a certain value. Just before COVID, my home was burglarized and they stole about 250...
If you are seeing a $75 or $100 spread between those coins, look elsewhere. As a percentage the bid/ask spread on 1 ounce gold coins is less than...
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While it's true that the lowest premium is on bars, that only tells half the story. The other half is what you get when you sell. I just surfed...
These blobs were coins or rounds at one time . . . [IMG]
I just took a peek at Provident Metals and compared the Q1 bid/ask spread on three different products: 1 ounce silver rounds -- $7.39 1 ounce...
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