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Re: Anyone have any experience buying at ma-shops for world coins?
MA-Shops is based out of Germany, but I think they have expanded into the US some. When you buy something on MA-Shops, you are not buying an item from MA-Shops but rather from a dealer that lists ite… (View Post)6 -
Re: Can you recommend a video for a crash course in world coins and or types?
Two of the things I've done that have increased my knowledge quickly are: 1) Buy 10-20 lbs of bulk world and go through it, identifying everything 2) Buying old dealer stock and identifying and liqui… (View Post)1 -
Re: How can this graded coin be an MS68 when it is a later die state and unappealing specimen like this?
I think NGC grades more off how close the coin is relative to the moment it was struck. I think PCGS skews slightly more towards using an ideal strike as the comparison point. The difference between … (View Post)1 -
Re: Newp: purple Puffin
Is this a bronze coin? I don't know if I ever see hues like that on relatively pure copper. (View Post)1 -
Re: DELETE
Eh. They don't warrant the attention. (View Post)1