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Alex in PA.

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  1. Alex in PA.
    I think there are 'slow downs' as well as 'speed ups' with collectors of any type. The COVID money is running out, buyers are spending on other priorities, etc.
  2. Alex in PA.
    Walmart is gonna need a whole new parking lot after you're thru digging. Lots of emotionally upset people needing attention these days.
  3. Alex in PA.
    Thank you.
  4. Alex in PA.
    Nah, just an ordinary, run of the mill, common scratch.
  5. Alex in PA.
    I think, suspect, that there is a whole new generation of collectors who have more money than brains and reply on the TPGs and Sticker Makers to guide them. CAC, BW, etc., like + and *, are created by dealers to enrich dealers.
  6. Alex in PA.
    What RWB said. The Coin Doctors, aka 'Shake and Bake' artists churn toned Morgans out by the dozen on a daily basis. Pretty ain't always good.
  7. Alex in PA.
    Leave it as is. There are some folks on eBay who pay good money for coin jewelry. Just a suggestion; nothing more.
  8. Alex in PA.
    My oh my. Sounds like a deal to me.
  9. Alex in PA.
    I suppose there is a reason, or maybe just a Herpia, for resurrecting this Same game; different name??????
  10. Alex in PA.
    ave Josephus nos morituri te salutamus
  11. Alex in PA.
    Etsy = buyer beware. Majority of coins minted by Kwai Chang Kane Ltd. of Hong Kong.
  12. Alex in PA.
    Lookie here Bill; for decades, that's right decades, some here have tried to get NGC to add more segments, like Collector's Universe has, but with no luck. Maybe the future will be kind to us. Oh, BTW: Welcome aboard.
  13. Alex in PA.
    Yep
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  15. Alex in PA.
    Well said. The sad part is that this has been going on for decades and shows no intention of stopping.
  16. Alex in PA.
    Beware of the
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  18. Alex in PA.
    Price will also depend on 1. Confederate States Issue or 2. Louisiana Issue or 3. United States Issue. The Confederates often go high and Louisiana Issue about $500.00 to $700.00.
  19. Alex in PA.
    I own a couple SS Republic coins. Most, graded by NGC, are labeled 'Shipwreck Effect' meaning they were in the ocean a while. As Coinbuf said: What's the letter"? i.e.: 1861-O S.S. Republic W-04A
  20. Alex in PA.
    Not again?
  21. Alex in PA.
    That sure is quite a find.
  22. Alex in PA.
    All I know is people are reporting the delay in 'coin' grading. Haven't submitted any currency lately so I don't know about that.
  23. Alex in PA.
    The two major TPGs are backed up; of that there is no doubt. Sent in 3 submissions ATS and two were completed and returned four weeks ago. The third has just now moved from Grading to Encapsulation. I suppose we have no recorse but to accept 'missing, lost, misplaced, back order, etc. etc.
  24. Alex in PA.
    Nope; never had. How do you know it's NGC if they are 'missing'?
  25. Alex in PA.
    In the Merkers Mine in Germany there were recovered 711 bags of United States $20.00 gold coins. It was reported: "Perera informed Barrett that the principal items in gold and currency at Merkers were 8,198 standard gold bars, 711 bags of twenty-dollar gold pieces, etc. etc." Anyone with any ideas as to what 'really' happened to all that loot; please tell us.