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Re: The Little Known Facts about FDR's 1934 Silver Confiscation
Gus Farber, a diamond and jewelry merchant from San Francisco, was prosecuted for the sale of thirteen $20 gold coins without a license. Secret Service agents discovered the sale with the help of the buyer. Farber, his father, and 12 others were also arrested in four American cities after a sting conducted by the United… -
Re: When not to use a dealer rep at auction for 5%
it seems to me that you're not the typical collector. You mostly buy coins in order to play the upgrade and resell for profit game. Not many dealers are gonna stick their neck out and tell you that ANY coin is going to upgrade - where's the percentage in that? If it doesn't, you're buried and they've got one pissed off… -
Re: World Trade Center Coins and Authencity
Hi, here's an article I was able to find, I don't know how much weight to give it as it's from a third hand source but I will post it here along with a link to it. http://www.loper.org/~george/trends/2003/Aug/975.html 'The World Trade Center was all about capitalism, so perhaps it isn't surprising that coins recovered… -
Ethics of doctoring
While PCGS has taken a firm stand against coin doctoring, a respected company that grades paper money has this rather lax ethical stand on doctoring: Good note restorers are sometimes capable of amazing feats, and even the best experts are sometimes hard-pressed to determine what (if any) work has been done to a note. A… -
Noe indictment names "unwitting partners"
COIN SCANDAL Not all Noe deals involved criminals; indictment names unwitting partners Gailliot Zoom | Photo Reprints By MIKE WILKINSON and JAMES DREW BLADE STAFF WRITERS In its indictment of Tom Noe, a Lucas County grand jury identified a business network that it felt had participated in Mr. Noe's alleged crimes. It… -
Latvia (KM#1-3). About the mistake that catalogs and grading companies make every year.
In this article I want to speak about three Latvian coins and it's so-called "varieties": "with..." and "without..." 2 santimi 1922 5 santimi 1922 1 santims 1928 First of all, we need to check a few "Standard Catalog of World Coins" (Krause Publications) to find out the differences between editions in coins’ description.… -
Since There Has Not Been A Teletrade Post In A Day Or Two ...
I would like to say that the President of Teletrade (Corey M.) and Greg Roberts protege from the Spectrum Group (Brian K.) invited me out to lunch yesterday at a great restaurant here in town "Charlie Palmers". I enjoyed a beet salad, the Scottish Salmon and an iced tea. Both Corey and Brian ordered Cheeseburgers and… -
Re: Is RYK leaving us? :-(
<< <i>I wonder if this press release is coincidental or not… FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Doug Winter Announces First Quarter 2009 Results Portland, OR, April 29, 2009 – Doug Winter Numismatics (NYSE: DWN) today announced a net profit for the first quarter of 2009 of $7.49 million, or $0.079 per share. Net sales were $10.2… -
Australian Holey Dollar Returned to ANA Money Museum
Press Release sent out on Friday: Australian Holey Dollar Returned to ANA Money Museum The 1813 Holey dollar was returned to the American Numismatic Association's Edward C. Rochette Money Museum on Oct. 23. The Holey dollar is an 1813 Australian coin struck on a 1788 Spanish-American real piece of Charles III from Mexico…
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