Inquire about grading standards adhered to by the particular dealer. This would be especially relevant if you find the prices to be higher. Online There are several free guides for silver investing which can be available online. Get hold of one of these before you can start off on your inves...
Examples grading below AU-50 are very unusual and typically are coins carried as lucky coins, without actually circulating. The one exception to this appears to have been the city of Regina in Saskatchewan where a friend of mine lived in the 1960's and tells me it was the one place both...
HIGHEST PRICES LOWEST SERVICENGC is consistently late on grading and returning coins.They give a turnaround time and then take 3-4 weeks longer Quality control is lacking. coins crooked in holders, pictures with someone's hand in them. Customer service will placate you with promises and then ...
Gold coins increase in value both because of rising gold prices and because of the premium prices on collector items.Becoming a Coin Dealer January 16, 2011 // 0 Comments Posted in: General Starting a coin dealership business does not have to be complicated if you follow a number of simple...
There is a finite supply of high-end U.S. rare coins, which can be publicly verified on the census reports of the two major authentication companies:Professional Coin Grading ServiceandNumismatic Guaranty Corporation. These historical artifacts are not known to flood the market, as weal...
grading services, their grades usually were, at best, a point or two over what the top two services, NGC and PCGS, would assign a coin, and at worst, complete hogwash. I tell you this because, if they were way off on their grading, you may send in a coin that has been graded ,...
I don't think that the coins you would get out of a 2006 Mint Set would be called "Mint State." I think that the grading services call them "specimens." Therefore you would get an "SP" grade, not a Mint State grade. Most everything that came out of the "specimen period" of Mint...
Some dealers are taking advantage of customers by charging excessive prices for these coins. He was critical of grading services in general, saying they have their favorites and some tend to give higher grades to those dealers who submit large quantities of material for grading. He also indicated...
hotels, Marina Bay Sands. As one of the biggest coin shows in the Asia-Pacific region, the show attracted a large and diverse range of international and local dealers, as well as many of the world's official mints, accessories suppliers, and the two largest coin grading services, PCGS and...
Many of today's slab jobs involve atrociously overgraded coins in spite of loud trumpeting by the grading services to the contrary. Whenever wear is evident on the high points (typically hidden under the toning) I use this euphemism for "worn"--not wishing to offend the consignor, who is...