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Re: $3000 Gold and its effect on numismatic gold coins - legs after that?
At these all time highs, hearing from dealers there are way more sellers than buyers. Volumes are high enough, that coin shop owners are sending common date $10s and $20s to the processors to be melt… (View Post)5 -
Re: How do you think present day numismatists stack up vs. those of long ago, in terms of knowledge?
Better and worse. A good example of the better. When I was first getting started with collecting, knowledge was transferred by experience and word of mouth. A dealer shared a copy of a notebook page … (View Post)1 -
New PS Interesting story 1836 Argentina
Buying coins can be an experience. Wanted to share this story. Starts with a focus on collecting Argentina 8 Reales. Hard to find locally in person, resulting in largely relying on auctions. Heritage… (View Post)3 -
Re: Feel free to PM me with your question for: If you could ask any dealer whatever question you wanted…
where is the smart money going at the moment? Seems like there are so many transactions between dealers prior to shows that the dealers already have a good sense of what is trading well and what show… (View Post)1 -
Re: Grade update- Chiloe 8 Reales and summary of Jara's work on the topic
Great story. Do you mind sharing the origins of how you got interested in this coin. It is unique and defines being a subject matter expert on the coin. (View Post)1