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Re: Could not resist bought some unopened 64's results
Sets arrived yesterday envelopes are legit worn all the signs of actual 64 sets, coins inside were less than spectacular with milk spots and some realy ugly dark spots on 2 of the 1/2's these were bought from excecutive coin company and all dealings with them so far have been on the up and up so I would trust them in the… -
Re: WANTED: Numismatic (related) business cards
I got a Gene Neshieim rookie card when he worked for David Hall. I also have a very interesting card with a story attached to it. It has the address of the business and the companies name and the name of the proprietor. What's interesting is, well, maybe morbid. He was murdered in his shop a few years back. Executed,… -
Is the SS Republic good for the Coin Industry?
Last night this link came across the wire services: [L]SS Republic and Shop-at-Home]http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Feed=PR&Date=20040526&ID=3744849&Symbol=US MR[/L] I can not get the link to work - It is having problems with the ":" then "OMR" after US Here is the text of the article: << <i> Shop At… -
Re: Buyer beware when dealing w/ Superior Galleries!
A few months ago, I placed a bid over the internet on behalf of my client, on a coin offered by a major, well respected auctioneer. The five figure coin was awarded to someone else for several hundred dollars below my bid, due to a programming snafu. This is what I did about it: 1) I immediately contacted my client to let… -
Master List Redux: Your Favorite Coin Websites (Updated October 1, 2016)
(note: this is a continuation of ex-forum member Stone's old master list) The list is divided up between Forums, Dealers, Auction websites, various Coin Grading Companies, Coin Books, Clubs, Information pages, Mints, and Other. I will update this thread as suggestions come in (I will try to make the list of dealers as… -
A new and interesting article on the Ohio coin scandal
Noe ex-employee investigated in theft of coins State cash may have filled Colorado wine cellar Tuesday, June 07, 2005 James F. Sweeney Plain Dealer Reporter Some of the millions missing from an Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation investment might have been poured into a wine cellar in Colorado. Jefferson County sheriff's… -
Escala & Spectrum might get Capital Coin Fund coins at bargain price
Looks like a bargain to me anyway. I would hold out for some higher bids. COMUNICADO: Escala and Spectrum Sign Agreement Offering To Purchase Coins, Bullion and Other Assets Escala Group (Nasdaq: ESCL) today announced that Escala and its subsidiary Spectrum Numismatics International, Inc. have entered into an agreement… -
Wrong Forum - sorry - updated in page 1
Now that The Obama says we are friends, will you start collecting coins from Cuba? Before I became public enemy #1, no one here probably even noticed me. YOU (not me) have turned this thread into the obsolete Open Forum, so I'm putting it on the back burner to fade away. I used to post here years ago and recently came back… -
Re: Mexico silver medal - very cool, high relief - any info?
I know a little something about Mexican medals as that is a sideline of mine (between searching for coins). The medal was (obviously) minted in 1975, thus is not listed in Grove, which ended in 1971. But I have found the mintage in silver was 200 pieces. (And the "Mo" means it was minted at the Mexican Mint, not a private… -
Re: How do I know 100% if a U.S. coin is real?
Determined CONCLUSIVELY to be fake by an expert at the highest level of the grading company not by a committee of self-appointed experts. I learned more than one valuable lesson from that experience and I hope others here learned from that adventure too. My understanding is that the fake piece, a well-executed counterfeit…
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