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DRECK: a messed with, low end, problem or UGLY coin. Dreck has nothing to do with a coins grade or value. Hard to believe with so few NICE coins available the coin market is in a major funk…

WHEN NOT TO ADD A BAD COIN TO A COLLECTION

Having built many of the FINEST EVER Collections (MS Half Dimes, MS+PR Barber Dimes, Dollars 1794-1921S, $3 MS, $10 Indians and Saints, etc), I have earned the right to comment with authority about GEM sets…

I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT I AM SEEING AND HEARING
This is not a new subject. I’ve written about it before. Why don’t collectors understand buying out of auction on your own is highly risky? I was shattered the past two weeks with what I heard and saw…

This Really Happened

In January a major auction house loaded up on 5C 1912S PCGS MS66 consignments. For what ever reason they decided to allow 4 coins to be sold in order. Prior to the sale, the last 1912S PCGS MS66 to sell at auction brought $30,550.00 in 2014…