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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,757 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Buying a raw 1928-P Peace Dollar without a very careful examination of the mint mark area is a financially dangerous move. Scraping off the tiny mint mark is much too easily done. I’ve seen altered pieces several times.

    Retired dealer and avid collector of U.S. type coins, 19th century presidential campaign medalets and selected medals. In recent years I have been working on a set of British coins - at least one coin from each king or queen who issued pieces that are collectible. I am also collecting at least one coin for each Roman emperor from Julius Caesar to ... ?
  • logger7logger7 Posts: 8,993 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A fellow comes in to the local coin shop who works at 711, the overnight shift and gets interesting coins and bills from time to time; that strikes me as an economically sound approach to the hobby with the need to pay bills and live in the real world. Old coins are rarely a great deal, the indoor flea markets, pawn shops occasionally have stuff that I would call a deal. Last year a local pawn shop had a bunch of foreign silver coins from a long time ago including a 1755 8Reale where the third "5" looks like a "9". I should have done more research as these can be hard to grade, I probably sold a $1000 coin for about half as much. The old saying about there being no "Santa Claus" in this hobby applies to this "haul". Let's not be suckers for "good deals" with buyer's regret more likely than not.

  • jdimmickjdimmick Posts: 9,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The two silver dollars are pieces of crap, the half is ok

  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,271 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jdimmick said:
    The two silver dollars are pieces of crap, the half is ok

    You're being kind Jim. I like CBH's, a lot, but it's a piece of something too. The other two. Meh. Why? Could have bought one pretty nice coin with that money.

    As it is, three pieces of crap.

    My 2c, of course ...


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