Buyers need to BEWARE of TRADE DOLLARS being sold from China, found quite a few of the Trade Dollars and looked very closely at the pic and the price wasn't right. Way too low for a $250.00 ++ coin. I emailed...
Have you noticed that a coin graded by one grading service as MS65 will sell for a dramatically different price than the same coin graded by another service as MS65. A great deal of the difference is the...
I'm going to start this guide the same way I will end it by asking you to vote for it when you are finished studying it. Thanks. There are now reports circulating that the counterfeiters, especially in Asia,...
chinese crooks have a new way to sell their counterfeit trade dollars: FAKE SLABS! look out for so-called certified coins from china that have a meaningless bar code, and no attribution. the counterfeit trade...
Prior to e-bay, coin buyers and sellers had to deal with local coin dealers, mail order dealers, coin auctions, and shows. I live in a small town so attending auctions usually requires significant travel and...
I'm writing this guide based solely on the topic os shipping coin and currency. I regularly see complaints on discussion boards about excessively high shipping charges. I'm going to try and clear up why some...
This one is dear to me, so I hope it isnt to long, grab a drink and kick back for a old collectors view on toned coins, and the caution in buying! While grading is perhaps the most hotly debated topic in...
Too good to be true? Trust your instincts when it comes to bidding or purchasing coins, especially Trade Dollars from China. Just for the sake of amusement and because they were Carson City Trade Dollars...
Proof Silver American Eagles American Silver Eagles (aka Silver American Eagles) abbreviated as ASE (or SAE) for short, were introduced by the US Mint in 1986 and have been produced every year since. The coins...
Have you ever seen a United States Peso? How about maybe a .20 centavos coin? That's right! Well, we made them at the Philadelphia and San Francisco Mints, and later we made some at the Denver Mint! . . . Oh,...