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Re: 1988d Doubled Ear

@IkesT said:

@4Redisin said:

@IkesT said:

@4Redisin said:

@Nomader said:
Doubling on the Lobe!

Yes.

For the benefit of the original poster, 4Redisin is a banned member that should have stayed banned. Perhaps he is intentionally trying to misinform you, perhaps not, but he is giving you misinformation nonetheless.

Dear OP, please ask this troll to explain the doubling on the ear lobe for the forum.

Why don't you ask your alt, @Married2Coins ?

Ask him why he was banned while you're at it, and perhaps you can learn how to improve your behavior.

BANNED

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Re: Pacific Northwest Coin Road Trip [27 coin shops] + Visiting Dansco's Offices [March 17 - 22th 2025]

I was not aware, as I haven't been in there for over a year, that Redmond Rare Coins switched hands.
It was started by Ralph and Chet, as partners.
They initially DID have a lot of actual coins PLUS the bullion but, over the years, have migrated to more bullion focus as they weren't getting the actual coins coming through and they stopped going to shows. Ralph used to take up multiple tables at the local shows. A lot of binder coins and fair share of slabbed but his buy prices were never that good (that I noticed) and he did talk down slabbed coin grades a lot...Ralph was a salesman by trade (outside of coins)

Bochiman

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Re: A breather from all the GTG threads... how about a GTPG (guess the price guide) exercise?

@GoldFinger1969 said:

@MFeld said: > Sorry, I have no idea regarding the use of algorithims.
But even if not to the same degree as this one, many coins with recent enough multiple sales results still have >unrealistically high price guide values.

Maybe sellers/price guides now believe we are in a new bull market for coins (or at least the bear market is over as evidenced by the PCGS 3000).....and they'd rather be a bit high than a bit low (or even way high as opposed to way low ) ?

Interesting thread, thanks for creating it. Very thought-provoking.

And then again, maybe that hypothesis was way off base and quite funny.😉

Thank you for your nice comment.

MFeld

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Re: Is platinum now a better buy than gold?

I'm reading that jewelry demand for platinum is about 2 million ounces per year, and investment demand is about 400,000 ounces per year. Together they are about 30% of overall demand, with the remaining 70% being automotive and other industrial.

Central banks worldwide are stockpiling gold, none are stockpiling platinum even at its "low" price ratio of three ounces of platinum to one ounce of gold. Platinum is simply not a monetary metal, Platinum coins exist but have seldom functioned as a medium of exchange.

I don't see platinum regaining parity with gold anytime soon. It is much less liquid, much less attractive, much less familiar to most people, and becoming much less useful, as less expensive alternatives are being developed for industrial uses.