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Mega PCGS World Coin Unboxing w/Key Date & Super Rare Coinage – We Really Scored!!! ($1000+ Profit)

November 25, 2021 Christian Hartch

All of these are coins that I now own, and we really knocked this submission out of the park! I’m in the green on the deal already so my only cost was really the grading fees of about $400. Thankfully, we were able to eclipse that number, as we had a bunch of rare Canadian […]

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Buyer Beware: Craziest Thing I’ve Heard From A Coin Dealer… ALWAYS Develop Your Eye

November 25, 2021 Christian Hartch

Here’s a pretty good reason to learn about coins before you buy them and do your research: there could be holders that misidentify the coin inside of it to the tune of $20,000 or more. I had never even thought that that would be a possibility but it affirms the necessity to look at a […]

Grading Coins

PCGS Graded Coin Unboxing of 10 Silver U.S. Coins – Hoping For Valuable High Grade Items!!

November 25, 2021 Christian Hartch

Had a great time unboxing these coins after they came back from PCGS! While they weren’t anything super crazy, we owned the coins for super cheap and had deals that were already in the green so the profits here were pretty cool. We received Booker T Washington coins (1946-PDS) that were uncirculated, a small group […]

Coin Dealer Interviews

Coin Dealer Interview: Silverpicker – Founder of One of the Largest Coin & Precious Metals Channels on YT

November 25, 2021 Christian Hartch

Had a great time sitting down with Max a.k.a. Silverpicker, the founder of one of the largest coin and precious metals (and personal finance) channels on YouTube to learn how he got involved with coins and grew his channel into what it is today. One of my goals is to foster a better sense of […]

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Coin Dealer IntervieW: Brick & Mortar Coin Dealer Weston Stepp from Americana Rare Coin

November 25, 2021 Christian Hartch

Really enjoyed sitting down with a good friend, Weston Stepp, who is one of the most knowledgeable younger coin dealers that I know, to talk about his journey in collecting and any advice that he has for other people who are looking to learn more about coins and get involved with the hobby. We talk […]

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Monster PCGS Grading Reveal of Rare Tokens & So-Called Dollars: Multiple Finest Known Coins

November 25, 2021 Christian Hartch

Another unreal unboxing off of a lot of extremely rare and challenging-to-find items that made their way through our coin shop. Some of the coins we sent to PCGS in this batch included a lot of So-Called Dollars and related coins made at celebrations and expositions that most often were gold (but in our case […]

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Coin Dealer Interview: Toned Coins – Questionable Color & Artificial Toning Expert Perspective

November 25, 2021 Christian Hartch

One of the strangest and most complicated nuances of coin collecting is toning and what constitutes artificial or ‘fake’ toning versus natural ones, and we’ve got Chris Tisdale here to give an interesting and valuable perspective on the situation. Whether it’s avoiding questionable color coins when submitting to making sure you don’t buy fake toning, […]

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Coin Dealer Interview: Coin Doctoring, Cleaning, and Forging: What Constitutes Doctoring With Chris Tisdale

November 25, 2021 Christian Hartch

Here’s a topic that I’m interested in learning more about and am curious as to what the extent of it is in the hobby: coin doctoring. While almost everyone denounces cleaning coins, especially for those just starting out in the hobby, it would be ignorant to say that tons of respected coin dealers never clean […]

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Cleaning/Dipping Silver Coins With E-Z-Est Experiment: Results & Advice

November 25, 2021 Christian Hartch

CLEANING COINS?!? I thought you weren’t supposed to do that? Well… you probably still shouldn’t, but tons of dealers use a variety of coin cleaners and it’s a large enough topic within coins that I figured it would be important to discuss. There are ways that are non-invasive that don’t leave any marks of traditional […]

Grading Coins

RARE & FINEST KNOWN California Gold PCGS 10 Coin Unboxing & Reveals (Big Success)

November 25, 2021 Christian Hartch

Not every day you get a chance to make a video this cool… we had some California gold come in the shop and of course we needed to make a video on it as we sent it out to PCGS! I also do a quick minute-and-a-half presentation on the general overview of how California gold […]

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