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After some extensive advanced planning (which began last week), I decided to make the trip to Houston this week for the 50th annual Money Show of the Southwest....

You’re in for a treat today, especially since Dave and I totally disagree on this topic. Which means this will be our first Point-Counterpoint Coin Commentary, almost certain...

This one was really different. First of all, it was held at the Waldorf-Astoria on Park Avenue on the 18th floor on something called the ‘Starlight Roof’, a...

Day 1: Our story begins early, no, very early, on New Year’s Day, as we catch our flights from a medium-sized ice storm in New England to 82...

Put a positive fork in the Bay State Show, which ended Sunday after a fun-filled and very productive 4 days in downtown Boston. This show was also, as...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...