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Longstrider/Hi John; Options on commodities = Calls are betting mkt to go up- Puts are betting mkt to go down just the lingo of trading options regular futures are either Bought (long) or Sold (short) which is the trades lingo for futures trading these various futures & options contracts were develo...

3-8-2023 Metals took a dead cat bounce in oversold conditions about a week ago. My paper losses became about 1/2 of where they were, so i took losses on all three Gold, Platinum & silver options positions, and because of severe mkt weakness, i reversed from long to short position commodity option PU...

Just like we needed a Vam Value Guide, and its very helpful & critical to use as a guide, otherwise members are left in the dark/lurch The same goes with this subject as any decent guidance is helpful to differenciate between a gazzillion vams, which can be totally confusing Please consider this iss...

1882 O/S Anacs sm wht holder semi pl ms62 vam 5 EDS $ 2,000 reasonable offers TOP 100 Low low POP not seen often in this grade 1882 O/S NGC ms61 v5 EDS PL not on holder- nice mirrors not seen often on O/S $ 1,750 offers 1882 O/S ICG AU 58 Vam 4 EDS TOP 100 Super Condition Rarity SSDC VALUE $4500 COI...

Pretty obvious a ms65- I have had terrible time getting a slabbed morgan to upgrade especially if submitted from another grading service to another Yrs ago decided to eventhe playing field any break any out and submit raw, so the ego/political thing has no influence its worked quite well on my selec...

IMHO= Whether a newbie or seasoned member like myself, not having some type of guidance within the vam description, as to Rarity or ??? is kinda confusing, as one doesnt know if rare etc or not. Maybe the word rarity is the wrong word to be used? We need something to differenciate between high dolls...

BERT; ITS 38b WITH die crack to right of last 2 in date
38A does not have that crack

Sure hope this guy is selling because needs money, be good to see him outta business IMHO

The reputation of both is very poor with PCI outta business to my knowledge and Segs owner very involved/smart but overgraded and will put a details coins in regular holders from timeto time. PCI was terrible in the day, but got much better towards the end, simply due to competition and collectors d...

I have been scarfing up 87-o vam 30A for yrs as i thought they were undervalued & cool
hadno idea about 86-0 19A until now- Great find- thanks for post

MY Grading Ego is very happy- although not a Darksider Fan, my thoughts on this one were pretty dead zuke on. That hair smashing/weakness really killed her. My au50 being only 1 grade higher is close enough for old duffer like me. over many yrs and countless coins, it gets easier to be fairly close,...

Not as bad as one would think a junk dollar would be- pretty good details remain Rev- One pic shows so called spike more like wear as the pic shows No raised metal that would be spike, but other pics seem to show some raised metal ? Dwn by feet show extreme weakness/smashing like Struck thru Grease ...

Fantastic 18A counter clasher - So much going on within this 1882 O series. Find a 82-O Vam 3A US clasher makes for a good day in any grade and super tough au53 + Then my favorite 38A & 38B with 38B much easier find, but gets tough ms64+ with ms65 super tough. Great coin Bert- Thanks for posting it ...

Heritage now conducting periodic VAM auctions, of which they also recognize Attributions by John Baumgardt ie: PCGS-NGC-ANACS aoh by stickered reverse per VSS Seems they are really working to provide Vams decent exposure and so far prices received seem decent. No reserves can be set but their buyer ...

OMG - REALLY???

Seems Fleabay is full of coins from Non Reputable and Self Slabbed coins Buyer Beware as these coins are not slabbed or graded by a Top/reputable TPG I see many bringing to much money for what they actually are Numistrust slabs are one such example PCGS-NGC-ANACS-ICG are the 4 TPG to stay with & in ...

Crooks, committing these type of crimes are likely to continue, as cons
see these crimes as easy and not in limelight of authorities.
Surprised inept NGC was onto this one, as their idiots otherwise IMHO

1878 vam 43 back on mkt 1st $2250 buys this beautiful 64DMPL
FREE S/H/REG INS 2015 VV value was $4500

The retail guide i use is Numismedia. com A NGC guide with best reputation PCGS/NGC graded coins = Take 20% off retail= Wholesale ANACS = 30% Numismedia $10 indian 1910 S au50= $1310 retail i dont think S/S carries any premium & if truly S/S/S who knows but my best guess is not much if any premium.

Im at ms61 + possibly details as pics show some fairly heavy scratches
I missed a PCGS 62 NAOH on Fleabay a whileback at $500 and something