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Re: toning and grading. advantage or distraction?
@tonedcoinlover . Your user name is a little "on the nose'. Having said that, Let me know if beaituful coins fall into disfavor. As always, beauty is subjective and what role it plays in the grading of coins will forever be impossible to measure. James -
Re: Remember $100 offered to remove ebay negative??
Interesting lawsuit. To answer KoinDawg's question, the plaintiff does have to prove the allegedly defamatory statements were false, and may under these circumstances have to prove in addition that the person making them knew they were false. Truth is a complete defense. Moreover, the person claiming to have been defamed… -
Re: Anyone want to share their new purchases?
"No idea what @braddick is suggesting." He's talking about my false suggestion that foil keeps drugs from being "sniffed" in packages. I believe him. Thanks @johnny010 Now I'm really suspecting the Lynwood, CA postman scanned my package within the comfort of his own mail van, and kept it...??!!… -
Re: Tracking PCGS coin Values with Excel
You'd have to run 2 queries, one for the regular series and one for the proofs.. PCGS has a divider between the two. For the proofs, change the "selection=" to "16". 14 gets the regulars, 15 gets the proof title and 16 gets the proof data. Proofs: **** WEB 1… -
Re: check out my ebay auctions all graded
<< <i>Who cares who's better, it's all opinion anyway, what concerns me is the false advertising, or if not false, misleading, which is wrong. Don't put anything in your auction that isn't there simply to get more hits on it. >> why does it matter. who cares? we have people dieing every minute from illness & starvation &… -
Re: Counterfeit 50g and 100g gold bullion bars
The Sigma will catch 90% of the fakes out there; however, there are metals that give off similar characteristics to gold that can give a false reading. But theses metals have a different weight, so for coins you can take weight and dimension measurements to confirm authenticity. The heavy plating issue that @blitzdude… -
Re: In honor of gold in the 1850s ... OK now on to the 1880s
Happy 3748 on 1st Day of Fall 2025 ! Dirty Old Gold: Dirty Old Silver at $44.08 & War 5c $2.48 a pop ... -
Re: Forum Members please forgive my "naivete" ..
"much if not most" and "completely false" are such a sweeping statements. How did one come to THAT conclusion? I've come into this forum for about 20 years and have never got that impression of the posters here. I've been going to shows since 1992 and have a good idea what the coin market is about and I'm pretty sure this… -
Am I missing something with this 1939-S Rev 1938 Listing @ 4 different places?
https://www.collectors.com/setmatch/setmatchdetail?compitemid=12735&itemtypeid=1&compid=292&exactmatch=True&hidenomatch=False&days=Any&lowgrade=Any&highgrade=Any&lowprice=Any&highprice=Any&sellerexclude=false 1939-S Reverse of 1938, same cert for sale at Park avenue numismatics, Heritage, Modern Coin Wholesale, Finest… -
Re: Hard assets as a part of an investment portfolio- do you just buy generic gold/silver, or do you div
<< <i>I have no bullion and probably never will. I think it's sufficient to own other real assets, e.g., real estate, equities, collectibles, automobiles, etc. Bullion is really only a must-have if you want to protect yourself against a true societal meltdown. And if that's the goal, guns and ammo and canned foods and…
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