GoldFinger1969

For us retail buyers, yes. But if you want to sell TONS of gold, only a few buyers for that quantity are available.

Urals normally sold at a $5 difference, give-or-take. It's been over $30/bbl. since April. There are DOZENS of crude benchmarks, but only 2 key international ones: Brent and WTI. Most of the others are regional blends. Depending on the viscosity and sulfur content it sells at a premium or discount.

No, you and he just have a difference of opinion, as do many of us with one another. We can respect our differences and still learn from one another.

You would have thought that one of the deep-pocketed coin collectors over the last 40 years would have set up a foundation to fund such research and also award prize money at the big conventions and trade shows (like FUN). Good way to also keep your name alive in perpetuity.

Sorry guys, the word SEATED was blotted by a Closed Capitioning box but I see now it's Seated Liberty Half Dollars. I saw the "S" and assumed Standing coins. 5 Coin Set.....1854-O thru 1859-O but no 1857-O. Don't have grades for the coins (I assume they aren't raw)....I'll see if I can find the grade on the RCTV website.

Oil is being sold but at a 20-30% discount to the listed Brent price. I suspect any gold sales might be similarly discounted. Could explain the recent weakness.

Strange......

Buying WHAT coins ? WHICH coins ? Coin collectors have a wide range of knowledge, but nobody is going to buy a regular ordinary penny for more than a few pennies, even if they overpay by 100-500%. Nobody is paying $50 or $500 or $5,000 for a penny that is worth $0.01 -- unless their residence is Bellevue Hospital in NYC.

How long have you had these coins and what year were they minted ?

Is that the young kid I read about last year ?

Good point...now that I think about it, the SSCA stuff sold at 500-600% premiums. But that was a well-publicized shipwreck for valuable gold coins....these are much more plentiful I believe (any SLQ experts here ?) so I wonder about the markup.

You sure ? I know the markup on Morgans and Saints and Liberty's was about 30%. Maybe the grade was such that the coins were worth more, I didn't stick around to find out.

I think I heard of that collection, Dave. When was Lee active in collecting ?

SEATED LIBERTY HALF DOLLARS: I caught a few seconds of an RCTV infomercial Saturday during one of the dead time slots and they were hawking SS Republic Shipwreck Liberty Half Dollars: 1854-O thru 1859-O with the exception of the 1857-O (rare date ?). They wanted $2,500 in 2 payments. How much of a premium over market is that ?

Nope...and I can't name any Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter, or other collections, too. Either a collection is all-encompassing or it focuses on Saints or 1804 and earlier dollars or something like that....or the collector remains anonymous.

I listened to the Saints part (about 3 minutes)...will listen to the rest this weekend. I think because it's a coin that was not supposed to be released and yet some got out and now 1 -- and only 1 -- is out there (safely guarded by our friend EC ). That's why it's in his circle aside from being the most famous illicit coin or gold coin every produced by our country.

Thinking more of Fred Weinberg's encounter with a 1933 Saint Double Eagle in 1977...he must have had very little time to look at it (or maybe he's just not familiar with Saints in general) because one thing I've been told here and on other forums is that experts can look at a coin like that in seconds and determine the grade. In his case, he didn't see a very distinguishing mark on the obverse. It's too bad. I believe he is now retired or retiring so maybe he'll be a guest speaker at some big coin shows and elaborate further on this. Would love to hear about stories like this and other interesting coins he encountered over the decades.

I am sure Rooster buyers here in America are few and far behind (not sure I've ever see one at a LCS or coin show)....but they MAY be much more common over in Europe or more specifically, France. Haven't been to any French coin shops or European coin shows lately.

All that matters is that YOU like them, QA.

Same thing with some Saints.....weak strikes on some coins like the 1908 No Motto. Eagle, if you buy certified/graded coins you eliminate the chance of making a big mistake if you start buying coins that are 3 and 4-figures. CAC adds in price, but also is a check on gradeflation.

Wow, I didn't know that. So one son sold right away and the other took his time. That explains the time gap. Thanks, Dave. Wow....intrigue !! Yes, if it wasn't clear above I knew Mehl, K&K, Switt....they were all DEALERS and not collectors.

I think it took DECADES to disperse, Zad ! Even the Eliasberg sale took I think about 15 years to liquidate. I realize it might take a few years, but 15 ? And it's not like they sold off all the top stuff and it took a while to sell the "dregs" of the collection that nobody wanted. I believe both sales included top Morgans, Saints, Liberty's, etc.

Yes, I see those with all the ones I bought, from 1950 through 1998. Those are great to know. The Mejou 1950 catalog also has the pre-auction estimate and the final realized price.

Kreisberg was Kosoff's partner (for a while) and they both did the Adolf Menjou sale in 1950. I agree with you that most U.S. collectors don't know who these people are.

Famous to us. You ask the average American to name a famous coin collection, they have no idea. They are more likely to know and name a famous telescope ! When I think of famous collections, these come to mind within 30 seconds: Eliasberg.... Norweb.....Bass....the 1930's and 1940's oldtimers who dealt with the great dealers Mehl, Kosoff, Kreisberg, etc.......Hansen (but I don't know exactly what he has besides some top Saints).....Half Dome (not sure who started this one but the name sticks with me because of the California hiking mountain)....Simpson......and now I think of our friend, Elite Collection (only 1933 DE, #3 at worst 1907 UHR).