Here's a piece I have owned for a long time. It is the bronze strike of the Bashlow Confederate cent struck from canceled copy dies. [ATTACH]...
It may have said that “counterfeiting is death,” but I think that must have applied to paper money. Given the number of counterfeit coins that...
Most of them are not Mint State. Some grade as low as VF using yesterday’s standards. Today they are EF-45. ;)
I have a complete date and mint set of the Type I gold dollars. The only "Red Book" variety I don't have is the 1849-C with the Open Wreath. There...
From what I have read, Schlag had these cards made up to sell, but there was little interest in them at the time. He donated one to the Chicago...
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Felix Schlag won the contest in a field of 390 entries for the Jefferson Nickel design. The strange thing is, the mint changed the design almost...
The early types ... 1796 Now in a PCGS VF-25 holder. [ATTACH] Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle, dated 1807 in an NGC AU-55 holder. [ATTACH]...
Perhaps eBay knocked down the two transactions before they were completed. I got the "kid with the hood pulled over his head" response when I...
Here are some larger photos. This is the best I can do. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have read that counterfeiters made full weight pieces in gold back in the day for commerce. They were accepted in trade because they were needed...
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