It has been 10 years since I purchased my first rare coin…
And had I not kept records — mailing invoices, copies of written letters, NGC Submitter Copies — I would have scant recollection of what had transpired.
This brings me back to my first rare coin — a rare gold coin — and I’ve always been bothered by my records not revealing if it really was the first rare gold coin I had ever seen or held.
The mystery involves a tale between two dealers — Austin Rare Coins, Inc. and Thomas