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  1. johnmilton replied to the thread How Would You Grade This 1808 Half Dollar - Bought Raw..

    VF-30

    Jan 21, 2026 at 8:37 PM

  2. johnmilton replied to the thread Hyper-inflation has come to the United States Mint.

    The U.S. Mint has a legal monopoly on new U.S. coins, and they are charging monopoly prices. The citizens of this country pay taxes to...

    Jan 21, 2026 at 11:14 AM

  3. johnmilton attached a file to the thread 1804 Half Cent.

    Here is an example of the spiked chin die variety soon after it became the spiked chin. Roger Cohen listed this as his die variety 1804...

    1804 Spiked Chin All.jpg Jan 21, 2026 at 11:09 AM

  4. johnmilton replied to the thread 1804 Half Cent.

    It has been my experience that 1804 is the most common date in the half cent series. There are 12 known die varieties. The best known is...

    Jan 21, 2026 at 6:58 AM

  5. johnmilton liked lordmarcovan's post in the thread 1826 Bust Half.

    I like those really early ones and have my own private nickname for ‘em. I call ‘em “snakeheads”, for the serpentine eagle with the...

    upload_2026-1-20_16-25-38.png Jan 20, 2026 at 9:06 PM

  6. johnmilton liked ldhair's post in the thread After 3 years, I bought a coin at FUN..

    After only selling for three years it was time to start buying again. I already had this variety in a lower grade but they look great...

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  7. johnmilton attached a file to the thread 1826 Bust Half.

    Here's the one in my type set. It's graded MS-64 and is a really nice one for the grade. I bought this at the Lakeland, Florida coin...

    1824 Half Dollar All An.jpg 1807 Cap Bust Half Dol All.jpg Jan 20, 2026 at 1:24 PM

  8. johnmilton replied to the thread Modern Proof Gold.

    I know a dealer who is selling the issues which have no numismatic value who is selling them for 2% over spot. I bet the prices are a...

    Jan 20, 2026 at 1:20 PM

  9. johnmilton liked chascat's post in the thread Modern Proof Gold.

    Just worth spot when selling to a dealer.

    Jan 20, 2026 at 1:18 PM

  10. johnmilton liked lordmarcovan's post in the thread PCGS rant.

    Sorry for your woes. FWIW, I completely switched to NGC a couple of years ago, despite having once been a PCGS fanboy. Besides, as a...

    Jan 20, 2026 at 6:25 AM

  11. johnmilton liked ddddd's post in the thread PCGS rant.

    I think he was referring to cert verify (where NGC does a much better job given that all coins get the scanned photo; they did not start...

    Jan 18, 2026 at 3:00 PM

  12. johnmilton liked Randy Abercrombie's post in the thread Finally, my first gold coin.

    That is true. I started my stash in the 1990’s. And at that time $400.00 gold may as well have been four million dollar gold for me. I...

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  13. johnmilton attached a file to the thread The Collaborative "Virtual 7070" Type Set Project.

    I am going to break the rules and show this 1802 which is my type set coin. It's graded MS-63, Brown, CAC. [ATTACH] The Classic Head...

    1802 Large Cent All.jpg 1812 Cent All Sony.jpg 1812 Cent All.jpg Jan 18, 2026 at 1:31 PM

  14. johnmilton replied to the thread PCGS rant.

    One thing that has really irked me about PCGS is that they have posted a very limited number of pictures of the coins they have graded....

    Jan 18, 2026 at 12:25 PM

  15. johnmilton replied to the thread Bit of a shock at the pawn shop today....

    The 16 to 1 ratio for the prices between silver and gold is not an economic fact. It was a political slogan from 125+ years ago.

    Jan 17, 2026 at 11:39 AM
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