I appreciate the story dalbert. I collect Panama coins because I think they have cool designs and mirror US coinage, making it easier to...
Precious metals aren't stocks guys. Yes, it has a dynamic fluctuating price but other than that its not the same. Your gold can't file chapter 11....
I paid 19.75 when spot was 15, and 21 when spot was 17.50, just in the last few weeks. Note that I paid less when spot was lower despite paying a...
Mine was the junk drawer lot. I mean you'd think if you were actually interested in the random low quality lot of coins strategically assembled to...
Anyone getting precious metals at $1 over spot right now is going to have a great collection of plated base metals going for themselves.
The effective spot price of silver is about $20 right now. It's fair to sell at that and if you can buy it there or close to it it's also good....
Unless they have a little D or S on the back under the buffalo, consider them worthless...or worth only a nickel.
.999 vs .900 is pointless as the premium you pay far exceeds the value of the silver content. And if you are paying for the novelty of never...
The real question is condition. If you have any small dates with great color/luster and minimal spots and hits then you might have some individual...
I use this one a lot: "I can explain it you, but I cant understand it for you."
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I saw a guy swipe a credit card on his phone last year, then I knew cash was dead.
2020 is a good year to end it on. We dont need that low of a denomination any longer.
You can also screen capture the image and post it as a picture here rather than a raw link. Makes it quicker to look at and avoids the...
And for us younger numismatists, what was your reaction when you found out there was a penny other than a memorial, with "one cent" struck on the...
I think we'd be doing the 40th, not the 30th, if my understanding of how numbers work is correct.
I feel like the Trump meme where he says "Biyinz and Biyinz and Biyinz..." would be appropriate here.
Well a 77 in that high grade should be slabbed first anyway to eliminate the guesswork. I wouldn't be caught dead buying raw keydates where...
If you or somebody else collects error Kennedys it might be worth hanging onto.
To be fair tho, there was a time in between then and now when bucket loads of large cents were used merely as washers and copper discs. So I can...
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