4/4/2021 Prices are changing to fast I have tried to keep up & I find I dont have the time every other day to keep up the WEB Site
E-mail me I will give you the correct price. Watch your slab grading some coins are
1/9/2021 Please do not call send a E-mail Honestly I dont have the time for the phone. Yesterday prime example.
I had a man from California call I told hime to send a E-mail . He called me back 6 times. Finally to get back to customers on orders or questions I HAD TO TAKE THE PHONE OF THE HOOK.
1/9/2021 WE HAVE ALSO STARTED REPLACING UN SLABBED MORGAN DOLLARS
1/6/2021 We bought $120,000 in Saint Gauden Gold Coins .We dont have all in inventory yet.
1/5/2021 We are starting a new year. Many of my NGC & PCGS Peace & Morgan & Dollars have been sold over the Christmas time..
As always trying to find accurately graded slabbed coins is not easy. Peace & Morgan Dollars in Blue are inventory changed.
All the ones in black are in stock most only one each.
12/29 /2020 In June of 2021 I may be changing my mailing address. It has climbed to $200 + . Each year it has increased average $20
for the last 5 years.. They let all the old timers go & have the ones you talk to now do not t know what you are talking about.
11/27/2020 I need Walking Liberty Half Dollars in PCGS & NGC . Good - EF Look at your holder if they do not meet grading standards
do not spin my time around you not knowing how to grade. Most I see in slab do not meet grading standards.
I need also true not this US junk Grading of Ancient coins. Same with the Grading companies in Europe.
Dealers are trying to get rid of the over grades coins decreasing prices & you are still paying to much.Be carefull.
11/27/ 2020 I am looking for Proof Sets for Great Britain, France, Spain, Portugal ,Germany, Russia & the US
All packages have to look like they just left the Mint.
I need any Vatican Proof Sets $1600 to $8,000 .NO finger prints or discoloration. Packaging as if it was coming from the mint
Gold I need from Italy ,Portugal, France , Great Britain. We retain $80,000 for buying until the week 2 December 2020
Please E-mail Lucretzia Vannozza Dei Cattanei before shipping any product..
11/25/2020 Please have a Happy Thanks Giving, . It is a stretch this year with so much happening.
10/20/2020 I am sorry but my computer took a backward turn on me . ALL SILVER COINS ARE WRONG PRICES
PLEASE SEND ME AN E-MAIL & WILL TELL YOU THE CURRENT PRICE ON ANY COIN
WASHINGTON QUARTERS IN BLUE & RED HAVE CORRECT PRICES
ALL BARBER QUARTERS HAVE CORRECT PRICES IN BLUE & RED
ALL WALKING LIBERTY HALVE CORRECTED IN BLUE & RED
10/22 2020 We bought 1100 FULL DATE rolls LINCOLN PENNIES LAST WEEK.
All the rolls are sitting under our blue lights same as everything we see. or buy for a week.
6/13/2020 Some how my system let me use small letters instead of all caps
I received 5 E-mails asking me why I answer E-mails from people.
Today in our society nothing is really secret & I as usual am curious & it only took me 2 days to find out who sent me the E-mails.
I was surprised when I found out it was vest pocket coin dealers who could care less about the business or customers..
So, if you leave me a E-mail be man or Woman enough to let me know who you are or I will find out & send you an E mail.
Here is a question What happened to the big shot dealers saying keep the coin for 10 years to make money. Ya for them.
I bought a 1895 S Morgan Dollar in 2016 from one of the largest coin dealers office in New York & California for $28,600
with the economy the way it is this year I wanted to sell the 1895 S Dollar & when I was told the price I said that has to be wrong. Before I decided
to sell the coin I took your advice & found out how many had been slabbed PCGS Quantity of 4 & NGC a quantity of 12.
I am far from not understanding this in this grade has to be Rare or close to rare depending on what big shot coin dealer you are are telling you at the time. . The sales guy said I can give you today $8,200. I said excuse me I have only had this coin 6 years
I paid $28,600. The sales guy really made me mad & said that is not my fault but this is a good price today.
6/2/2020 I JUST RECEIVED A E-MAIL FROM A NOT HAPPY CUSTOMER. HE BOUGHT FROM ME BACK IN 4/4/2019 A 1895 S CAC
MORGAN DOLLAR. HE SAID EVERY ONE IS SAYING ONLY BUY CAC I FOUND HMI A COIN & HE BOUGHT IT. HE SHOWED IT
TO FRIENDS WHO BOUGHT ONLY CAC COINS .
LOOK AT THE BID 4/1/2019 IT IS $23,000 PUT IT IN HIS SAFE & SATURDAY HE PULLED OUT SEVERAL COINS HE WAS GOING
TO SELL. HE WENT TO HIS LOCAL COIN SHOP ABOUT 30 MILES AWAY & THERE WAS A LINE OF PEOPLE WANTING TO SELL. & HE KEPT HEARING YOU ARE KIDDING ME . EVERY ONE WITH MORGAN DOLLARS MS65 - MS67 WAS SAYING THEY WERE LOSING TO MUCH MONEY TO SELL..
WHEN IT WAS HIS TURN TO TALK TO A SALES PERSON THEY SAID THE BID WAS NOW $18,000 & THEY COULD PAY $14,000.
HE SAYS HE WAS SO MAD HE HAD TO ASK THE SALES MAN AGAIN SAYING LOOK THIS IS A CAC COIN..
THE SALES MAN SAID I KNOW BUT LOOK AT THE BACK COUNTER & A LOT OF THOSE WE BOUGHT TODAY ARE CAC DOLLARS
& PEOPLE GET PULLED INTO THIS ONLY BUY CAC & CAC IS JUST AS BAD AS UN CAC. HE SHOWED THE SALES PERSON
PERSON THE OTHER COINS & WALKED AWAY SHAKING HIS HEAD.
I TOLD HIM TALK TO HIS ACCOUNTANT SEE IF HE COULD GET A TAX WRITE OFF.
I SEE A LOT OF CAC COINS & MANY I SEE ARE BETTER OR NO DIFFERENCE FROM A NON CAC COIN.
THIS IS THE ONLY BUSINESS YOU SEE PRICES DROP ALL THE TIME BECAUSE ONLY A HAND FULL OF PEOPLE CONTROL THE MARKET BUT REALIZE THE NORMAL NON OLIGARCHY COIN DEALERS ARE IN THE SAME BOAT YOU ARE IN, THEY BUY A COIN MS64 - MS67 & THE NEXT MONTH IT DROPS IN PRICE. THERE ARE NO CONTROLS ON THE COIN MARKET.
THEY LOVE TO USE THE WORDS COLLECT & ENJOY YOUR COLLECTION DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE PRICE IT IS THE ENJOYMENT OF COLLECTING.
6/1/2020 I HAVE SEVERAL PACKAGES I HAVE RECEIVED & I WILL START LOOKING AT THE INVENTORY SO I CAN SEND OUT SOME CHECKS TO PEOPLE. I WILL TRY TO PACKAGE UP SOME MORE OF THE COLONIALS. I AM FALLING BEHIND & LIKE IN MY STORE YEARS AGO THINGS ARE ENDING UP IN THE BACK ROOM OR TODAY ANOTHER LARGE SAFE.
EVERY DAY I KEEP GETTING MORE PACKAGES SO PLEASE IF YOU HAVENT HEARD FROM ME IN A WEEK AFTER YOU SHIPPED TO ME PLEASE E-MAIL ME. PLEASE DO NOT CALL .A DEALER CALLED ME THIS MORNING AT 5:00 MY TIME FROM SOUTH CAROLINA .I GO TO BED BETWEEN 1 & 1: 30 I AM AT WORK BETWEEN 8 TO 8:30 . NOW I WILL NOT ANSWER THE PHONE ANY MORE BEFORE 10:00 ARIZONA TIME DONT THINK I AM IGNORING YOU BUT EVERY CALL STOPS ME FROM WORKING AT A MINIMUM OF 10 TO 20 MINUTES..
5/31/20 QUESTION. I HAVE BEEN ON YOUR WEB SITE SEVERAL TIMES & I DONT FIND MORGAN DOLLARS.
ANSWER. I AM SORRY YOU SHOULD HAVE E-MAILED ME SOONER . YES IN INVENTORY I RETAIN CLOSE TO 1,000 MORGAN
DOLLARS UN SLABBED & SLABBED.. I ONLY BUY MORGAN DOLLARS THAT ARE TRUE GRADES. MANY MS64, MS65, & MS66 DOLLARS ARE NOT THE GRADE ON THE HARD PLASTIC HOLDER . MY PERSONAL THOUGHT IS THE SLABBING OF COINS IS THAT A CERTAIN NUMBER HAVE TO BE SLABBED PER DAY & BECOMES AN ASSEMBLY LINE. BUT THE NEW OLIGARCHY DOES NOT CARE. THEY WILL TELL YOU THE SLAB COMPANY GUARANTEES THE GRADING & YOU CAN SEND THE COIN IN TO THEM. . LOOK AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND SIDE OF US COINS
5/30/2020 I HAVE 2 NEW REQUESTS FOR $20 SAINT GAUDEN S 1910 S MS65 PCGS ONLY & 1908 D NO M MS65 PCGS ONLY
5/ 26/2020 WE JUST REPLACED OVER 40 GERMAN COINS & 12 ARE NEW COINS & 36 NETHERLANDS COINS.
I RECEIVED 9 POLAND PROOF SETS, 6 GREAT BRITAIN PROOF SETS & A BOX OF 42 MORGAN DOLLARS IN MS65 I HAVENT LOOKED AT THE MORGANS YET. STILL MANY MORE BOXES DELIVERED IN THE MAIL I HAVE NOT OPENED YET.
BECAUSE I AM SO FAR BEHIND WITH PRECAUTIONS I E-MAIL EVERYONE WHEN I RECEIVE THEIR PACKAGES.
I AM STILL LOOKING FOR 10 EACH MS63 LEXINGTON & CONCORD PCGS OR NGC NO BLACK SPOTS NO DAMAGE TO THE HOLDERS.
I ALSO NEED 10 EACH EF LEXINGTON & CONCORD HALF DOLLARS IN TRUE EF. IF YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO GRADE THE COIN I WILL GRADE THEM & PAY YOU ACCORDINGLY. WE ONLY HAVE 42 LEFT IN STOCK.
ISABELLA EF, LAFAYETTE EF, 1892 & 1893 COLUMBIAN HALF DOLLARS IN EF OR AU 20 EACH TRUE GRANT IN EF 30 EACH NO VF + THIS IS AN EASY COIN TO GRADE & I KEEP GETTING VF/EF PLEASE DONT WAIST YOUR TIME OR MINE WITH WHAT I DONT WANT, MAIN IN EF, STONE MOUNTAIN TRUE EF NOT THE VF / EF JUNK I HAVE SEEN OR DARK FOR A CUSTOMERS WALL DISPLAY..DEALERS SHOULD BUY 2 OR 3 SLABS & USE THEM AS A GRADING EXAMPLE.
I ONLY HAVE $300,000 LEFT FOR THE YEAR TO BUY COINS.
I NEED PROOF SETS FROM THE US 1961-1962-1963 1964 FOR CHRISTMAS ORDERS 60 EACH SO FAR , ENGLAND ,ITALY FRANCE , AUSTRALIA , NEW ZEALAND , ALL YEARS FROM RUSSIA & I HAVE MANY MORE COINS I NEED.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME A SLAB COIN UNLESS IT REALLY IS THE GRADE PRINTED ON THE LABEL I DO NOT BUY ALMOST GRADES OF SLAB COINS. I DONT BUY JUNK OR DARK COINS..
I NEED TRUE UN SLABBED SILVER COMMEMS , MORGAN DOLLARS TRUE GOOD TO AU MORGAN DOLLARS,. SHIELD NICKELS. MODERN COMMEMORATIVES 1/2 DOLLARS NO DAMAGE TO THE PACKAGING GEORGE WASHINGTON UP TO 50 EACH , 10 EACH FOR THE REST, 1986 D STATUE OF LIBERTY,1992 D COLUMBUS, & 2018 D BREAST CANCER.
PROOF 1/2 DOLLARS MINIMUM NEED SO FAR 10 EACH 1982 S WASHINGTON, 10 EACH 1986 S STATUE LIBERTY 1989 S CONGRESS, 20 EACH 1992 S COLUMBUS
COMMEMORATIVE DOLLARS 1983 OLYMPIC 10 EACH IN UNC & PROOF 1990 EISENHOWER 10EACH IN UNC & PROOF..
1992 COLUMBUS 10 EACH UNC & PROOF,
FOR MY NEXT CLASS IN SEPTEMBER ON LARGE CENTS I DID NOT REALIZE I NEED LARGE CENTS 1821,1822,1825,& 1826 AG THROUGH FINE I ONLY HAVE 36 OF EACH & MY CLASS IS USUALLY 16 THROUGH 30. I AM NEVER SURE UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE THE TOTAL # OF STUDENTS. I HAVE PLENTY OF VF-AU IN STOCK.
I AM LOOKING FOR 1 - 20 EACH PLEASE IF YOU DONT KNOW HOW TO GRADE LARGE CENTS SEND THEM TO ME & I WILL GRADE THEM . IF YOU WANT TO SELL THEM AT THE GRADE I SAY THEY ARE I WILL BUY THEM. IF YOU WANT THEM BACK I WILL GRADE THEM PUT THEM IN A 2 X 2 WITH THE GRADE & CHARGE YOU $12 A COIN. OR JUST SEMD THEM BACK UNGRADED. YOU TELL ME.
LIKE EVERY YEAR I WILL BE ADDING PRODUCT I NEED & WHEN THE COIN CONVENTIONS OPEN BACK UP IT WILL BE NICE TO SPEND TIME WITH MANY OF THE COIN DEALERS I HAVE KNOWN OVER THE LAST 60 YEARS.. I ONLY HAVE 10 MORE YEARS IN 2030 I TURN 84 & I WILL RETIRE TO MY STORE IN ROME ITALY.
AS MANY THAT KNOW ME KNOW I VACATION FOR 4 WEEKS (FUN WORKING VACATION FOR ME) IN ITALY BUT DONT TELL MY WIFE IT IS FOR WORK . SHE LOVES VENICE BUT I BOUGHT A COIN SHOP IN A BEAUTIFUL OLD SECTION ON THE OUT SIDE WALLS OF ROME ITALY I MET A NICE YOUNG MAN ALEXANDER VANOZZA & HIS SISTER ONE DAY PLAYING GOLF. THEY TOLD ME ABOUT THERE MAMA LUCRETZIA & PAPA CESAR. & THEY INVITED US TO DINNER.
ALEXANDER VANNOZZA HAD 3 BROTHERS & 3 SISTERS . ALEXANDER HAS 3 BOYS AT THE TIME 6, 9, &14 & 3 GIRLS 2,4,11.
ALEXANDERS WIFE WORKS FOR A GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTURER IN TIVOLI.
PAPA OWNED A VERY SMALL COIN SHOP & MAMA MADE LARGE 6 FOOT CANDLES FOR THE CHURCHES. CESAR HAD LESS THAN $4,000 WORTH OF ANCIENT COINS BUT IT WAS HIS LIFE. I MENTIONED TO ALEXANDER I WOULD LIKE TO BUY THE STORE & LET YOU & YOUR SISTER BE IN CHARGE & LET PAPA THINK HE IS IN CHARGE.
I TOOK ALEXANDER TO THE SWISS BANK CREATED AN ACCOUNT PAID ALEXANDER & HIS SISTER $6,000 FOR THE BUSINESS.
TELL PAPA I BOUGHT THE BUSINESS & SEND THEM ON A VACATION SO WE CAN MAKE CHANGES.. WE TOURED EVERY COIN SHOP IN ROME & STARTED BUYING & DIDENT STOP FOR 2 WEEKS. ALEXANDER HAS TO REMIND PAPA EVERY ONCE & A WILE THAT HE DOES NOT OWN THE STORE ANY MORE BUT HE IS IN CHARGE. FOR A YEAR BOTH ALEXANDER & HIS SISTER WORKED THEIR REGULAR JOBS BUT ALWAYS HAD THE COIN SHOP OPEN LETTING PAPA SELL ALL PRICED ITEMS. PAPA HAD A HARD TIME WITH SALES SLIPS SO ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS HELPED AFTER SCHOOL ALEXANDER & HIS SISTER START WORK AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING & WORK 6 HOURS A DAY. FOR DIFFERENT COMPANIES
THE NEXT YEAR THE BUSINESS HAD GROWN TO WHERE ALEXANDER & HIS SISTER WENT FULL TIME IN THE STORE
IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN.
5/24/ 2020 I SOMETIMES CAN NOT WAITE TO LOOK AT COINS FROM BEFORE 1890 FROM ANY COUNTRY BUT THIS LOT OF COLONIAL
COINS MY ESTIMATE SO FAR 300 + IS A COLLECTION THIS LARGE I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SEE OR BUY SUCH A COLLECTION.
I HAVE LOOKED AT WHAT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND SO FAR THE TALBOT ALLUM & LEE CENT.
5/20/2020 WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LAYING OUT OVER 50 COLONIAL COINS FROM THE INVENTORY I JUST BOUGHT FROM A COIN SHOP SEVERAL DAYS AGO. I WILL GRADE THE COINS 3 DIFFERENT TIMES IN 3 DAYS. I RETAIN A PHOTOGRAPH FILE OF ALL
COLONIALS FROM OVER 200 COIN DEALERS PLUS MY OWN FILE OF WHAT I HAVE HAD IN STOCK FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS.
I AM IN NO HURRY TO SELL THESE COINS SINCE THEY SAT IN A DESK DRAW FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS IN BROWN ENVELOPES.
5/17/2020 HERE IS A QUESTION I GET ASKED AT LEAST EVERY 5 YEARS. IT IS A GOOD QUESTION & WORTH THE TIME TO ANSWER
IN NUMISMATICS PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS A KEY COIN?
AS YOU LOOK AT ALL THE DENOMINATIONS OF US COINS YOU WILL FIND A KEY COIN TO BE A COIN THAT IS LIMITED IN
THE QUANTITY IN A SERIES OF COINS LIKE INDIAN OR LINCOLN PENNIES BUFFALO NICKELS OF EACH YEAR PRODUCED.
LETS SAY MORGAN DOLLARS AS AN EXAMPLE THIS WOULD INCLUDE EVERY MORGAN DOLLAR THAT THE US MINTS.
PRODUCED FROM ANY OF THE US MINTS.
A KEY DATE OF ANY DENOMINATION IS ALWAYS THE ONES HARDEST TO LOCATE. a KEY COIN CAN COME FROM ANY OF THE MINTS. THEN YOU WILL ALSO SEE THE WORDS SEMI KEY COIN THIS ALSO IS A COIN THAT YOU WILL FIND DIFFICULT TO LOCATE
MANY KEY COINS ARE DIFFICULT TO LOCATE & EXPENSIVE
MORGAN DOLLARS ALL THE CC DOLLARS ARE RARE.
5/13/2020 THROUGH 5/18/20 I BOUGHT INVENTORY FROM A COIN SHOP THAT WAS CLOSING. IT TOOK 12 HOURS A DAY FOR 5 DAYS.
THIS WAS A LOT OF FUN FOR ME. ONE DRAW IN HIS DESK HE HAD NOT LOOKED AT A COIN IN THE BROWN ENVELOPES FROM 1955 THROUGH 2015. . LIKE MOST OF US OLD TIMERS WE NEVER HAD TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY . WE BOUGHT
& SOLD & MADE A LIVING & HAD FUN WITH WHAT WE WERE DOING. . HIS WIFE EMPTIED OUT THE DRAW & PUT EVERY THING IN A BOX 16 X 16 INCHES. THE BOX HAD 1600 COINS IN IT & SHE MARKED THE BOX $1600. HER HUSBAND SAID WELL
THAT WILL ALMOST PAY FOR OUR VACATION. THE DRAW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DESK WAS SO FULL SHE HAD A HARD TIME PULLING THE DRAW OPEN &.SHE SAID I NEED TO MAKE A FRESH POT OF COFFEE THEN SHE MADE FRIED EGG SANDWICHES & WE STOPPED TO EAT.. SHE WENT BACK & EMPTIED THE OTHER LARGE DRAW IN THE DESK. I WAS SO GLAD SHE PUT THE BOXES ON THE DESK TO FILL.. SHE WAVED TO ME & ASKED SINCE I WAS PAYING SO MUCH FOR THE FIRST BOX WOULD I PAY $600 FOR THE 2ND BOX. SHE SAID MY SON WILL TAKE THE BOXES TO YOUR CAR FOR YOU.
THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE SLAB COIN IN THE SHOP HIS SHOP WAS 40 FEET LONG & 28 FEET WIDE HE BUILT IT HIMSELF
ON THE LOT BESIDE HIS HOUSE THEN . ON 46 ACRES ALL HIS KIDS BUILT A HOUSE , BARN & FENCING & NEVER MOVED AWAY. EACH ONE RAISED A DIFFERENT FARM ANIMAL & CROPS..
THE STORE WAS VERY NEAT & CLEAN & THEY WERE DRESSED VERY WELL. HIS WIFE MADE THEIR CLOTHS. SHE GOT MAD ONE DAY AT MONTGOMERY WARDS IN 1955 BECAUSE THEY WANTED $3.00 FOR A SHIRT & SHE NEEDED 6 OF THEM.
SHE NEVER WENT BACK . MADE CLOTHS FOR NOW ON FOR PEOPLE & HER FAMILY & SOLD CLOTHES IN THE STORE. SOME TIMES MADE MORE MONEY THAT HER HUSBAND. HER 2 DAUGHTERS NOW MAKE CLOTHES FOR MANY WOMEN WHO WORK IN THE BIG ELECTRONIC COMPANIES & HER OLDEST SON & HIS SON MAKE REAL LEATHER SHOES & BOOTS FROM THEIR COWS EVERY YEAR SOME TIMES THEY HAVE TO BUY COW HIDES BECAUSE OF ORDERS FOR CHRISTMAS.
THE BOYS HELPED ME PUT EVERY THING IN THE TRUCK & THANKED ME FOR BUYING THEIR DADS INVENTORY.
5/11/2020 HERE IS A GOOD QUESTION . I BUY SILVER WHEN WE HAVE EXTRA MONEY AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
WHY DID THE PREMIUMS FOR PHYSICAL GOLD & SILVER GO UP IN PRICE SO FAST WHEN THE SPOT PRICES DROPPED.
SIMPLE TO ME BUT NOT UNDERSTOOD MANY YEARS AGO. SPOT PRICES ARE BASED ON HUMAN PROJECTIONS OF THE
FUTURE PRICE.
PHYSICAL GOLD & SILVER ARE BASED ON A REAL TIME SUPPLY & DEMAND IN THE MARKET. THIS CAN STILL BE CONFUSING.
IN A NORMAL MARKET THE SPOT & PHYSICAL PRICES USUALLY MATCH ALL THE TIME.
NOW LOOK BACK AT PREVIOUS RECESSIONS. WHEN THE ECONOMY SHUTS DOWN STARTS PROJECTIONS FOR FUTURE PRICES DROP ACCORDINGLY MOST OF THE TIME WE END UP WITH INFLATION
MANY OWNERS OF THE PHYSICAL METAL SEE LITTLE REASON TO SELL , BUT AT THE SAME TIME BEGIN TO BUY.
THE BIG RECESSION I SAW MANY OF MY CUSTOMERS KEEP BUYING KNOWING THEY WERE GOING TO LOSE THEIR JOB
WITHIN DAYS OR MONTHS. ONE FAMILY VERY NICE PEOPLE WHEN THEY BOTH LOST THEIR JOBS THE SAME MONTH HAD BOUGHT 4 MONTHS WORTH OF CAN FOOD & MEET TO FREEZE TO LAST THEM THEM HOPING THEY WOULD BE BACK TO WORK WITHIN THAT TIME. THEY HAD A 4 BEDROOM HOUSE & MOVED THE KIDS IN WITH THEM & RENTED OUT THE OTHER BEDROOMS BY THE WEEK. THEY HAD ENOUGH GOLD & SILVER TO PAY FOR 9 MONTHS OF THEIR HOUSE PAYMENT.
PLUS HAD $20,000 IN GOLD LEFT IN THE SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX.
WE TOLD OUR CUSTOMERS IF THEY HAD TO SELL DO IT BEFORE EVERY ONE ELSE SOLD BECAUSE THE PRICE WOULD
CONTINUE TO DROP. MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS HAD GREAT BUY OUTS FROM THEIR COMPANY & WE TOLD THEM TO WAITE TO BUY. WITHIN 2 WEEKS THE PRICE DROPPED IN HALF. WE WENT TO THE SMELTER EVERY DAY. THE PRICE
DROPPED SO LOW WE TOLD PEOPLE NOT TO SELL IF IT WASENT AN EMERGENCY .
AS TIME WENT ON THE INCREASE IN DEMAND ALONG WITH THE DECREASE IN SUPPLY RESULTED IN THE SLOW DOWN OF PEOPLE SELLING THIS NOW DROVE THE PRICE BACK UP FOR THE PHYSICAL METAL
SINCE I WAS 20 YEARS OLD I HAVE NOT TRUSTED PAPER MONEY. LOOK IT UP & YOU WILL FIND IT IS A PROMISSORY NOTE
ISSUED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. IT IS BACKED BY NOTHING & I MEAN NOTHING..
5/9/2020 I RECEIVED A QUESTION THE FIRST IN A WILE. PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME A US WAR NICKEL..
MY DAD TALKED TO ME & SHOWED ME SILVER WAR NICKLES MY GRAND FATHER HAD IN A BOX IN THE CHESTNUT BARN.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THAT MUST BE EXCITING TO HOLD COINS BELONGING TO YOUR GRAND FATHER.
MY GRAND FATHER & GREAT GRAND FATHER ALSO HAD A BARN FOR THEIR CHESTNUTS. MY GREAT GRAND FATHER HAD
110 TREES. YOUR COINS YOUR DAD SHOWED YOU WERE MINTED BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1942 & 1945. DURING WORLD WAR 2 . THE METAL CALLED NICKEL WAS NEEDED DURING THE WAR SO A DECISION BY THE GOVERNMENT TO CHANGE THE
THE METAL IN A 5 CENT COIN TO A 35% SILVER WAR NICKEL.
THE DECISION OF HOW MUCH METAL WENT INTO THE NICKEL WAS .06626 OUNCE OF WHAT WAS CALLED FINE SILVER.
NOW IF YOU TURN THE COIN OVER & LOOK AT THE REVERSE YOU WILL SEE HOW TO TELL THE WAR NICKEL FROM ALL OTHER NICKELS THE COIN WILL HAVE A LARGE WHAT THEY CALL A MINT MARK PLACED DIRECTLY ABOVE MONTICELLO.
YOUR DAD PROBABLE TOLD YOU THE FACE ON THE WHAT IS CALLED OBVERSE IS THE FACE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON.
ON THE REVERSE OF THE NICKEL IS A GREAT LOOKING BUILDING CALLED MONTICELLO.
THIS IS A GREAT COIN TO PURCHASE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO OWN SOME SILVER OR INCREASE YOUR GRAND FATHERS COLLECTION
5/1/2020 I UNDERSTAND THE COINS SHOWS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA WILL BE OPENING THE END OF THIS MONTH OR BEGINNING OF JUNE WHEN I FIND OUT I WILL POST THE DATES. BE CAREFUL OF THE SLABBED COINS THE DEALERS ARE GOING TO GET RID OF THEIR JUNK. IF A COIN USUALLY SELLS FOR $100 & IT IS ON SALE FOR $40 OR $50 LOOK CLOSE AT THE COIN.
DONT BUY A COIN WITH A LOT OF BLACK SPOTS OR DARK TONING
4/29/2020 REMEMBER I DONT NEED TO BUY COINS FROM THE OLIGARCHY BECAUSE THERE WILL ALWAYS BE COINS TO BUY
BUT, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER IN TIME SAY 20 YEARS FROM NOW I HOPE NOT SOONER ALL YOUR SLAB COINS WILL
HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO THE SLABBING COMPANIES TO BE RE GRADED & THEY WILL CHARGE YOU FOR RE SLABBING EVERY COIN BY THEN COST SHOULD BE $40 FOR EACH COIN.
REMEMBER THEY WANT TO GO TO 100 GRADES.
HERE IS A HISTORY LESSON IN NUMISMATICS
IN 1985 THERE WAS GOOD VG FINE VF EF AU MS60 MS63 MS64 MS65 . THERE WERE NO MS 66 OR MS67 COINS
LOOK AT 2020 AG3 & AG3IN CAC GOOD4 & GOOD 4 IN CAC THERE IS EVEN A GOOD 5 GOOD 6 & GOOD 6 IN CAC VG8 & VG 8 IN CAC VG 10 & VG 10 IN CAC FINE 12 & FINE 12 IN CAC FINE 15 & FINE 15 IN CAC VF 25 & VF25 IN CAC VF 30 & VF 30 IN CAC VF 35 & VF 35 IN CAC EF 40 & EF40 IN CAC EF45 & EF45 IN CAC AU50 & AU50 IN CAC AU53 & AU53 IN CAC AU55 & AU55 IN CAC AU58 & AU58 IN CAC MS60 - MS61 MS62 MS63 MS64 MS65 MS66 MS67 ALL ALSO HAVE CAC
CAN ANY ONE TELL ME IF YOU CAN GRADE A AU53 & WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AU50 & AU53 .
NOW WE GO TO AU58 ARE YOU SERIOUS 4 DIFFERENT GRADES FOR AN AU COIN. IT DOSENT STOP HERE NOW WE SEE
MS60 MS61 MS62 MS63 MS64 MS65 MS66 MS67 NOW THE NEW MS68 WHERE DID MS68 COME FROM
THEY SNUCK IN 9 UNCIRCULATED GRADES . CAN YOU SEE THE FUTURE 100 GRADES & YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR RE SLABBING OR YOU OR YOUR WIFE WONT BE ABLE TO SEND THEM TO AUCTION. & IF YOU DO THEY WILL RE SLAB THE COIN & CHARGE YOU.. MANY COLLECTIONS REACH 100+ COINS. NOW 100 COINS CHARGE $40 = $4,000 TOTAL SLABBING
CHARGE BUT IT ISENT OVER YET NOW YOU WILL BE CHARGED 20% ON EACH COIN THEY SELL. THEN THERE ARE THE TAXES ON YOUR SALES IF YOU MAKE A PROFIT OR NOT.
THERE ARE NOW THE COPPER COINS WITH THEIR BROWN RED BROWN & RED
THEN THERE ARE PROOF COINS .PROOF 60 PROOF61 ARE YOU SERIOUS HOW DO YOU GRADE PROOF 60 - 61 62 WHO
CAN SHOW ME THE DIFFERENCE. THEN PROOF 62 PROOF 63 PROOF 64 PROOF 65 PROOF 66 PROOF 67
MANY OF MY OLDER CUSTOMERS HAVE LEARNED A GREAT LESSON BY LOOKING AT THE PAST. THEY HAVE ENJOYED COLLECTING COINS BUT I HAVE SAID SINCE 1970 YOU BUY A $100 OR $1,000 COIN ALSO BUY THE SAME IN SILVER OR GOLD.
WHEN THE GREAT RECESSION CAME ALONG IN THE 1970 TIME FRAME I NEVER BOUGHT A COIN FROM ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS BUT I BOUGHT A LOT OF GOLD & SILVER BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE DUMPING COINS SO FAST THE PRICES DROPPED EVERY DAY.. . I ALMOST FORGOT ALL THE PL PROOF LIKE & DMPL DEEP MIRROR PROOF
4/28/2020 I JUST FINISHED BUYING 240 MS66 MORGAN DOLLARS IN TRUE MS66 I WILL START PLACING THEM IN STOCK WHEN I FINISH WITH THE SAINTS GAUDINS I BOUGHT LAST WEEK .
THE SO CALLED WANT TO BE VEST POCKET COIN DEALERS CAN NOT GRADE A COIN & I DIDENT BUY 46 OTHER MORGAN DOLLARS. THEY WERE MARGINAL PCGS MS65 SOME DULL SOME DARK SOME WITH GOUGES ON THE CHEEK.
4./27/ 2020 THERE ARE SO MANY COMPLAINTS AGAINST THE OLIGARCHY OF NUMISMATICS BUT IN A TIME LIKE THIS THEY DONT CARE
ABOUT ANYTHING EXCEPT THEMSELVES. MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO SELL THEIR COLLECTIONS JUST TO PAY THEIR RENT OR HOUSE PAYMENT SO IF THEY LOWER THEIR PRICE THEY BUY CHEAPER & THROW IT IN THE SAFE UNTIL TIMES GET BETTER THEN THEY BRING IT OUT TO MAKE A BETTER PROFIT THERE ARE NO GOVERNMENT CONTROLS
4/27/ 2020 IN MARCH THE OLIGARCHY DECREASED THE PRICE OF THE MISSOURI 2X2 IN AU50 ALL THE WAY TO MS65
MISSOURI MS60 UP THROUGH MS67
1939 D & S OREGON TRAIL & SEVERAL OTHERS
I COUNT 90 + COINS THEY DECREASED IN PRICE KNOWING SOONER OR LATER THEY WOULD BUY FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO SELL.. APRIL WAS JUST AS BAD & THEY DECREASED A LOT OF MORGAN DOLLARS.. SEVERAL THE DECREASE FROM EF
ALL THE WAY TO MS70. DO NOT BELIEVE THIS IS BEING DONE BY THE AUCTIONS IT IS BEING DONE BY A HAND FULL OF RICH COIN DEALERS THAT HAVE THE MONEY BELONG TO THE OLIGARCHY ORGANIZATIONS.
4/25/2020 I FINISHED CORRECTING INVENTORY ON BARBER HALF DOLLAR THIS IS THE WORST DOWNTURN I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.. I FIND 28 DATES FROM MS60 - MS66 WITH DECREASES IN PRICES. . THE COIN OLIGARCHY DECREASED 95 GRADES
FROM MS60 - MS66 OF THE 28 DATES.
4/24/2020 WE REPLACED MANY UN SLABBED MERCURY DIMES
4/22/2020 I SAID 3 YEARS AGO THE DEVASTATION THE OLIGARCHY OF THE BIG BUSINESS CONTROLLED BY A HAND FULL OF DEALERS WOULD BRING DOWN THE PRICES OF THE SILVER COMMEMORATIVES TO A LEVEL WHERE THEY WOULD BUY UP THE BEST STASH THEM AWAY IN THEIR SAFE THEN START ADVERTISING FOR YOU TO BUY. I SEE IT WAS MENTIONED BY
THE GREY SHEET. MORGAN DOLLARS ARE CONTINUALLY DECREASING IN MS64 THROUGH MS67 .BARBER DIMES GOOD
AU ALL WENT DOWN AGAIN THIS MONTH.
4/20/2020 I STARTED REPLACING UN SLABBED WALKING LIBERTY HALF DOLLARS
4/16/2020 I STARTED REPLACING UN SLABBED SILVER COMMEMORATIVE .
4/12/2020 I REPLACED ALL THE 1/2 CENTS & HALF WAY THROUGH THE LARGE CENTS
4/8/2020 ALL COINS IN RED I HAVE REPLACED ALL COINS IN BLUE & BLACK ARE IN STOCK. IF I DO NOT HAVE A DATE IT WILL BE BLANK WITH A $ OR THE DATE WILL NOT SHOW AT ALL.. NOW IT DOES NOT MEAN I DONT REALLY HAVE IT BUT I JUST
HAVE IT SITTING WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED COINS I HAVE READY & NOT PLACED ON THE LIST YET.
4/7/2020 WE REPLACED MOST OF THE 1/2 CENTS.
4/5/2020 WE ARE STARTING TO REPLACE SEVERAL LARGE CENTS WE RECEIVED IN THE MAIL 4 WEEKS AGE. wE HAVE MANY MORE.
4/3/2020 I JUST FINISHED A 2 DAY E MAILING WITH MANY COIN DEALERS AROUND THE COUNTRY EVERY ONE IS TELLING EVERY ONE TO WATCH THE MS65 MS66 & MS67 PRICES . OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THE OLIGARCHY HAVE BEEN STEADILY DECREASING PRICES. ITS AS IF THEY ARE TRYING TO DESTROY THE COIN BUSINESS FROM THE PRICES THEY CREATED.
4/2/2020 WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REPLACE MANY SAINTS GOLD COINS
4/1/2200 I NEED US PROOF SETS, LEXINGTON & CONCORD HALF DOLLARS TRUE EF, AU UN SLABBED & MS60 - MS65 PCGS & NGC NO DARK OR SPOTTED COINS . TRUE EF I NEED 100 COINS. AU 20, SLABBED COINS 20 EACH MINIMUM.
I NEED 1800 LARGE CENT IN GOOD 4 I CAN USE 5 EACH, GOOD 6 I CAN USE 5 EACH, VG 8, VG 10 , FINE 12, FINE 15 .
3/24/2020 THE PRICE OF GOLD & SILVER ARE INCREASING FASTER THAN I THOUGHT.
WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER 20 PACKAGES OF COINS. ALSO MY ORDER OF GLOVES & FACE MASKS WERE DELIVERED
SEVERAL DAYS AGO. I AT TIMES GET VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HUMANS.
ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS 7 HOUSES DOWN THE STREET FROM US WHEN I BROUGHT A BOX OF MASKS TO THE FAMILY THEY WERE SITTING IN THERE 3 CAR GARAGE & THEY HAD 500 LARGE CASES OF WATER FROM WALL MART. THEY WERE SELLING THE WATER FOR $10.00 A CASE. I SPOKE TO SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORS & 12 OF US GOT TOGETHER & FOR 3 DAYS WENT TO THE STORES & BOUGHT OVER 500 CASES OF WATER & AT THE ENTRANCE OF OUR STREET WE SOLD THE WATER FOR 50 CENTS OVER OUR COST THINKING THIS COVERED OUR GAS FOR OUR PICK UP TRUCKS. WE DELIVERED MANY CASES OF WATER TO OLDER NEIGHBORS WHO WERE AFRAID TO LEAVE THE HOUSE & 4 OF THE WIVES WENT SHOPPING FOR MANY OF THE OLDER NEIGHBORS. IT WAS A GOOD FEELING TO HELP PEOPLE.
3/18 2020 WE WANT TO LET EVERY ONE KNOW WE ARE NOT SELLING GOLD & SILVER COINS PRICES ARE CHANGING TO FAST.
WE WILL STILL BUY IF YOU WANT TO SELL. E-MAIL ME FIRST ARIZONA TIME 8:00 - 12:00 MIDNIGHT
I HATE TO GET ON THE PHONE A CALL USUALLY LASTS 20 MINUTES & I HAVE NO TIME FOR OTHER CUSTOMERS.
DEALERS WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN FOR BUYING FOR COLLECTOR UN SLABBED COINS & SLABBED COINS.
AS ALWAYS I WILL NOT ACCEPT JUNK GRADING UN SLABBED OR SLABBED COINS.
IN THE LAST 2 DAYS I HAVE RECEIVED COINS FROM COIN DEALERS I HAVE NEVER HEARD FROM NO RESALE #, NO BUSINESS CARD, NO PHONE #. ONLY PO BOX # UNDERSTAND NO CHECK WILL BE SENT TO A PO BOX # UNLESS I KNOW YOU
ALL MATERIAL FROM THE PUBLIC WILL BE ACCEPTED & LOOKED AT & A E-MAIL WILL BE SENT COULD BE 3 DAYS TO TELL YOU IF WE WILL BUY THE PRODUCT.
AS ALWAYS I NEED COINS. PLEASE E MAIL ME BUT I CAN NOT TELL YOU WHAT I WILL PAY UNTIL I SEE THE PRODUCT.
3/16/2020 WE WILL NOT BE ON LINE FOR SALES DUE TO THE MARKET CONDITIONS .
WE ARE NOT ACCEPTING NEW ORDERS AS OF 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON
3/13/2020 FOR GOLD , SILVER OR PLATINUM COINS .
ANY COIN NOT OF THESE PRODUCTS PLEASE E-MAIL
EXAMPLE LARGE CENTS THROUGH PROOF SETS NON SILVER WE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIP.
ALL ORDERS EARLIER IN THE DAY WILL BE PROCESSED
IN THE ORDER THEY WERE RECEIVED..
WE WILL GIVE UPDATES AS TIME SLIPS ON AS OF WHAT I SEE THROUGH THE END OF MARCH.
2/24/2020 Large Cent 1851 I was able to include information on different varieties .
New is N5, N6 , N27
2/2/2020 All coins in Red we have replaced US or International. All coins in black we have in stock.
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