Palin and Beck and the rest don't get it. Whether it is of the vast left wing conspiracy or the media, they just love being the victim, and that is the height of hypocrisy. The hard truth is this: Palin has decided that as part of her political persona, she is going to use extreme, aggressive,...

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From a post by John Bradley on vamworld As most know, the old green 10 digit PCI slabs are highly sought, due to their grading accuracy. While PCI is not an accepted TPG, due to later problems, those original slabs are coveted. Well. someone is exploiting that fact, and are counterfeiting the 10...

Hi all, I am a casual coin collector. Over the years (lots of them) I have picked up a few nice coins but it has never been a real serious hobby for me. back in the early 90's I started collecting the Silver Eagles, just because it is a nice looking coin and it is the only coin that I have...

PM in freefall!

How badly does a past cleaning (not real obvious) effect the value of a scarce coin ? I would think it would still be worth more than a circulated coin, although the grading services will not grade them. I have an MS64 looking 1923 S SLQuarter in a PCGS holder rated Genuine, and an ungraded MS62...

On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:00:39 -0500, "Bremick" wrote: Makes one wonder why anyone would have paid to submit such obviously cruddy coins to a TPG. I would think you would know the reason. Ads for coins listed for sale on eBay cannot contain a numeric grade in the title of...

Well I managed order # 268 from A-Mark. $ 875.33 plus $ 99.00 shipping. The shipping is so high because they use Naked Virgin Guaranteed Delivery, Inc.

I was doing some searches on the internet and came upon some coin books that have been digitized by Google Books. I've included the URL for them which are pretty long and also the tinyurl. This is J. R. Snowden's book on the medals of the U. S. mint. It was referenced heavily by Breen in his...

I sent to PCGS coins for bulk submission 108 came back in a ms66 and higher grade... I glassed them all and found 75 have major hairlines. I contacted pcgs around December 17,2010..about this since I had 288 in slabs waiting for shipment and another 100 not finalized to a ms66 minimum grade I...

Jan 14, 1980: Gold prices soar After being released from government control, gold reaches a new record price on January 14, 1980, exceeding $800 an ounce. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/gold-prices-soar?et_cid=20141540 JAM

Saw a movie on one of the Starz channels last night, Dear John, made in 2010, that prominently featured coin dealers and especially coin collectors. Only in a somewhat not-so-favorable light, though not unrealistic. The movie was cute, about a college girl (same actress who played the young...

I enjoy the aroma of my farts. Admittedly, few other do but that's their problem, not mine. Anyone else enjoy the smell of their own farts? C'mon - be honest...

As a long time collector, since early 1950's, and one who is getting out, I have a question. Why would anyone choose coin collecting as a hobby now days? The reason I ask are several: - Fake / counterfeit stuff all over the place. Almost every day there are posts about it, - Grading disputes...

Some years ago my website on Coins of the UK (http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk) was split into two parts, one with almost only text, and the other containg pictures. I have re-integrated the pictures website (formerly http://www.ukcoinpics.co.uk) into http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk, and...

I found this in a penny roll from an old woman but i dont know of its real error or not? let me know what you think?

Seems like none of the auctions were killed. Do we assume the slabs were genuine or ebay failed once again to end auctions of fakes?

There have been some posts recently regarding both NYCoinMart as well as the PCI Grading Service. Specifically, there have been some collectors on here that have been confused regarding the authenticity of some of the coins associated with PCI. First off what I can say is that having done business...

I've been slowly putting together a set of Ike dollars. Finding coins in nice condition is harder than it would seem, especially the special silver clad issues. Many of the coins have bad spotting, ugly toning or weak strikes. Finding nice clad circulation examples in MS65 or above is...

I have some gold coins that I bought 50 years ago. The $20 coins were sold as uncirculated. At that time there were not 10 different grades of uncirculated. I can pretty much tell the differences between various grades of circulated coins with a grading book but no clue on various grades of MS. ...