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December 1, 2006: How NOT to Buy Coins at Auction

We felt compelled to write this week’s Coin Commentary as a sort of numismatic public service announcement after watching all kinds of people buy all kinds of coins...

November 8-11, 2006: The Whitman Baltimore Expo

This time the Baltimore show was pretty much like every other time: Good. Very good. In fact, it was better than we thought it might be. We saw...

October 19-20, 2006: The ‘Silver Dollar’ Show in St. Louis, MO

While Dave was in New York looking at all of the cool, rare and high-end stuff at the various Stack’s auctions this week, I was in quiet St....

October 17-18, 2006: Stack’s Auctions

I packed up my lot-viewing psyche, my loupe and halogen lamp, my ‘What would PCGS grade this thing?’ prognostication hat and trucked on down to New York for...

October 10, 2006: Dave Speaks About the Market

Interesting times in the coin market. After an almost unprecedented multi-year run-up in demand, prices and euphoria, we are seeing some changes. Some areas of softening. Some areas...

September 18-21, 2006: The New York Invitational Show

If I said to you that the New York Invitational Show would be held in Manhattan in a place called the ‘Metropolitan Pavilion’, what would you expect? Perhaps...

September 9-16, 2006: The Long Beach Coin & Currency Expo

Let me tell you, there is nothing like the Long Beach Expo to test your luggage packing skills. 8 days, two hotels, all of our show materials and...

August 30, 2006: Colonial Coin Collecting Q & A, Part 1

An increasing portion of our business is in colonial coins, and so we thought it was about time for us to speak up. So, where do we start?...

August 11-19, 2006: The ANA World’s Fair of Money in Denver, CO

I’ve now received ANA show feedback from a number of collectors and dealers and I’ve read a blog or two on other dealer sites and articles in various...

July 18, 2006: One Vote for the ‘Box-of-20’ Concept

We have been around coins for a long, long time, and we’ve seen people collect coins of all different kinds in all different ways, from type sets to...