Understanding coin and bullion pricing at a shop
Spot, premium, melt, numismatic value, wholesale vs retail — plain English for people who want to know why the number…
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The public coin and money library, plus dealer guides — what people bring to a shop, how money works, and how shops run.
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The Red Book is not a dealer buy-price guide
Why A Guide Book of United States Coins feels authoritative, what it is actually for, and why raw ungraded coins…
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How to read coin shop reviews (and spot the uneducated ones)
Why one-star reviews often mean “my YouTube price was wrong,” how to tell a real customer complaint from an engagement-bait…
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Visiting a coin shop for the first time: what to expect
A plain-English walkthrough of walking into a real coin and bullion shop — layout, counter etiquette, and how the buy/sell…
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How to sell online
Updated August 2026. How to sell online is where dealers usually discover that generic carts fight coin inventory. ExtraCoins (included…
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Goldbacks in SpotPro — gold bullion notes that track live gold
Stock Goldbacks in SpotPro as gold bullion, not paper money. Type Goldbacks on New Inventory Item. Sell follows live gold…
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Out of the case and Incoming packages in SpotPro
Send coins to grading, a dealer, or a show without them selling while gone. Log a box that arrived and…
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List coins on eBay from SpotPro inventory
Publish SpotPro inventory onto eBay: Connect eBay, load policies created on eBay, List on eBay from Current Inventory. Bullion follows…
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ExtraCoins website designs — a full shop, not a $5,000 extra site
Eleven ExtraCoins designs plus own domain, shopper accounts, and set maps — a full ecommerce website included with SpotPro. You…
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Presidential golden dollars: lettered edge, brass, not gold
Presidential dollars (2007–2016) are the same manganese-brass $1 as Sacagawea. About 8.1 g. Lettered edge. Not a Gold Buffalo. Not…
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Mexico 20 pesos gold (Veinte Pesos): Azteca, not a 20-centavos
The modern Mexico 20 pesos gold (VEINTE PESOS) is 0.4823 oz of gold, .900 fine. Calendar stone reverse. Do not…
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Golden dollars: Sacagawea, Presidential, Innovation — brass, not gold
US “golden dollars” since 2000 are manganese brass over a copper core. About 8.1 g. They look gold. They are…
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American Gold Buffalo $50 vs a golden dollar
The Gold Buffalo $50 is 1 oz of .9999 gold, about 31.1 g, 2006 to date. A Presidential or Sacagawea…
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American Gold Eagle $50: one ounce, 22k, not a golden dollar
The $50 American Gold Eagle is 1 oz of gold in a 22k alloy, first struck in 1986. Face $50.…
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