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Re: 90% silver pricing
From Feb. 2019: [https://coinnews.net/] U.S. Mint Ends Production of 90% Silver Coins By Mike Unser -February 20, 2019 Say goodbye to the 90/10 mix of silver coins from the United States Mint. The agency is now producing silver coinage to 99.9% purity. Photo of a 2018 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set A… -
Re: The ever-shrinking "sweet spot"
I'm kind of having the same problem as a dealer. I'm working on our next website update, and I'm having a real hard time finding a good number of exciting ancient coins to put up. I've got a few, but it was a struggle just to find those. Fortunately, (or unfortunately, depending on perspective) it's been so long since Ben… -
Re: Uffdah’s RIPPING Journey – Packs and Vending – All Sports and Non-Sports
This sounds like my recent go-round. I sold probably 90% of my collection in the fall because I just got tired of having them in boxes and all that. Now, I'm dipping a toe into trying some interest in new stuff. Lost the need of chasing the vintage. Just came off a real estate flip too. -
When did the practice of using "Lacquer" to protect coins/medals fall out of favor??
I have seen medals dating from the mid-1930's which had been lacquered but nothing after that. What is the experience from the older collectors/dealers or guys a little deeper in the trenches than me?? Thanks in advance. Al H. -
Re: Has anyone here ever patented anything coin related ?
SORRY FRETCHER but YOU are wrong!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 History of the United States Patent Office The Patent Office Pony A History of the Early Patent Office Chapter 2 -- Invention Comes to British Colonial America [Pg 11] CHAPTER TWO INVENTION COMES TO BRITISH COLONIAL AMERICA Joseph Jenks Sr., age 41, iron founder, of… -
Why Do People Keep Falling for this? What Happened to Due Diligence by Auction houses? Laziness?
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12056961/authenticity-auctioned-michael-jordan-game-worn-shoes-called-questioned Seems like auction houses these days often overlook the obvious. Does anyone practice due diligence anymore? Is it pure laziness? Or subversive in the name or profit? You decide... -
Re: Contemporary Era BB HOF Ballot - Is it Donnie's time?
Incorrect. the 2003 has been debunked years ago. Man i hate to have to go over this again... both mlb and mlbpa said there 96 names on the list that have never been released. the list "leaked" to the NY times had 104 names on it. we have zero idea who really tested positive and who didnt. This discrepancy alone invalidates… -
THE 1966 ANA PNG ARBITRATION HEARING AND ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY
reprinted from "The Numismatist" 1966 Karl Moulton has an answer for why the Roosevelt University numismatic course stopped, and it has to do with another important numismatic event in Chicago - the famous Professional Numismatists Guild Arbitration Hearing regarding the controversial "Franklin Hoard" coins. Karl forwarded… -
Re: The exciting 1861 Paquet Reverse Twenty Dollar Liberties Again in the News
Zoins: Why the Philadelphia pieces are so pristine and show no evidence of production problems encountered? ... Why there are so few Philadelphia pieces? It may be true that the "production problems" slowed down the process rather than adversely affecting each coin struck. While it may have been predicted that dies would… -
Re: 1861-S Paquet in the Saddle Ridge Hoard? UPDATE - Status of 1.2 million dollar coin
"My real question about this is who could basically afford to bury the modern-day equivalent of 1/2 a million bucks and not ever have to come back for it, nor would their descendants/inheritors notice it missing? That's quite a lot of dough" Well here is one answer that follows from combining two of the clues (the…
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