Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;teh_admiral, post: 3258457, member: 99788&quot;][USER=73995]@Pickin and Grinin[/USER] Sorry, but you just made my point for me: you are all relying on VISUAL &quot;guarantees&quot; of authenticity based on an expert&#039;s opinion, an expert whose livelihood depends on being infallible. That is by no means a scientific guarantee, and what APMEX says about me is true in ANY circumstance: there&#039;s no proof that the coin wasn&#039;t switched with a fake at any time. And I said melt + emotional value, which is what [USER=99137]@TyCobb[/USER] means by &quot;premium&quot; : everyone pays a &quot;premium&quot; because we all want the coin for something other than melt value. Which is exactly what I said: an emotional judgement. The perfect example is APMEX double eagles: they&#039;ve got MS-62&#039;s for under 1500 (last I checked), but on Ebay MS-62&#039;s are going in the 1500-2000 range. Because people are buying with their EMOTIONS and not any scientific, measurable value. Therefore, I did NOT screw up; everything I&#039;ve said including the analogy to a used car has been spot-on ;D A baseball card is ALL emotional value; it has zero value to someone who doesn&#039;t even know who the player is or who doesn&#039;t care about baseball. Metals and minerals have &quot;intrinsic&quot; value, meaning utilitarian like tools or dinnerware. [USER=19765]@fretboard[/USER] And sorry, but it is only looking bad for everyone who&#039;s sitting on untested silver and gold. Because they can&#039;t bear to admit &quot;stepping on something&quot; or that their trustworthy dealer has never &quot;stepped on something&quot; or that a company like APMEX that has to deal in larger volumes might get swindled by PIRATES who&#039;ve taken the time to reproduce 18k plated coppers or silver obols with authentic &quot;wear&quot; damage...</p><p><br /></p><p>The only grief I&#039;m getting is from everyone who doesn&#039;t want to believe that they could have been had or their friend could have been had. If the coin shops were open today, I&#039;d have already called them all looking for an XRF or the U of M for someone to help with a specific gravity test... I&#039;m still open to hearing about histories of manufacture and how that affects content, coin-related science and histories......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in