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Re: GOLD AND SILVER, ECONOMIC NEWS, COINS, 2009 forward
Of course you have huge tv advertising fees and you have field people gathering and packaging the stuff for the smelters and then you have the smelting and assay and then you have the selling fees and the list of expenses is probably pretty long so getting 60% of spot or what ever they use is probably not such a bad deal… -
Re: Are numismatists a disappearing breed?
Frankly, it doesn't matter. Within 30 years, 90% of the valuable coins will be traded exclusively between numismatic hedge funds. Serious collectors will be out of the picture, more or less. Of course we'll still have people of all ages collecting odds and ends from their pocket change. That is, if coins have not been… -
Re: In which years were Franklins particularly well struck?
Particularly well struck Franklins would include: 1948P 1949P 1949D 1951D 1952D 1953D 1954D To me these dates hold the most well struck specimens, although the problem with the 49D through 54D run is that while they were well struck, they also had an inordinate amount of bag marks. Although the 48D was the first year of… -
Re: What is Windexing???
From a recent post. The formula for windexing. I swore I'd leave our friend alone, and I will but for this: Don, you see what faith others have in you. I share the same. Let me tell you why he knew the coin had been windexed. Many years ago he taught me what windexing is: Take a penny and put it right in front of a bottle… -
Re: Nothing brings one back to reality like the B-S-T board.
I won't even put low end stuff on ebay at the moment. I ran some auctions a couple of weeks ago for circulated IHC lots and low end type coins and got my metaphorical a$$ handed to me. Basically my view at this point is that if your material isn't silver, gold, high end or a better date in an already popular series you are… -
Re: 1986-S Silver Eagle Question
I see milky spots in the fields. That alone makes it a 69. -
Re: Saying goodbye!
I swore I'd leave our friend alone, and I will but for this: Don, you see what faith others have in you. I share the same. Let me tell you why he knew the coin had been windexed. Many years ago he taught me what windexing is: Take a penny and put it right in front of a bottle of windex. Hit the trigger a few times..hard,… -
Re: PVC?
<< <i>I see no problems with this coin. Looks like more hysteria like a year ago when you could not trust the grading companies to detect puttied coins...and people were imagining puttied coins everywhere...now it's making everyone paranoid about about "massive undetected PVC" in slabs. >> PVC damage appears as greenish,… -
Re: Is this morgan a candidate for a quick dip?-RSESULTS ARE IN!
hey Lee, that's a basic set-up that another member suggested, i just refined it some to ensure that it's absolutely foolproof for me. tap water is OK, i guess, but there's just something about chlorine and stuff like lime, iron, etc. which cause me to shy away from taking chances, so i use the distilled water. i suppose… -
Re: Hawaii HSNA Coin Show - Honolulu - October 25-27, 2013
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Wanna spot me a few miles Ian? I might be there.
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