MrBear ✭✭✭

I paid $3000 for mine, but that included a trade with some bullion, so my out-of-pocket was around $1300. I wanted it because I liked the idea of having shipwreck gold, and I couldn't afford a double… (View Post)

Basically, they sliced the top of each ingot off, which had the assay stamps, and such, and kept that. They took the rest of the bar and melted it down. I don't understand the "Three coins strik… (View Post)

Well, I figured I'd buy a gold bezel and make a pendant out of it. Still haven't done that. But with gold at about $2000/oz, my fake is worth about $250, so I think I'm in the money for about $100. A… (View Post)

I'm digging through my boxes of crap...I mean coins. Stuff I haven't looked at in probably a decade. I just found my three Libertas medals. One is silver and the other two are bronze. The odd thing i… (View Post)

That sucks! 20 years ago I bought my first gold coins (on eBay, when it was reasonably safe). Three were notable. One was a $5 1913 that had a "grade" from AGC. It's probably worth more tha… (View Post)