JR bought the coins for real 1796 prices and sold them with his collection as electrotypes, so no he did not have any recourse that I am aware...
Not that I'm aware of, at least not for the business strike common stuff. The proof coins may have some fakes as well as the earlier half cent,...
The Miller number comes from Henry Miller's 'The State Coinage of Connecticut'. It's a tough book to find, even the reprints are not too common,...
It's tough to separate out high AU from MS without having the coin in hand to look for luster breaks. If there are significant luster breaks than...
No, many of the large cent's from that era have significant red luster in the protected areas on high grade circulated examples. Part of what I...
This is why I also collect auction catalogs...
An art dealer or antique dealer would be a better place to get this type of thing appraised. Unless you have some of the plates he engraved for...
Mint's historically have always made a profit on coinage, it's call seigniorage. It's the difference in the price of the metal + the cost of...
quick search on ebay, not cherrypicking results:...
I find these prices are a little more realistic, but auctions are a much better idea of actual worth:...
Kirkuleez, I love hearing the history of your families collection, but I am in just a strongly in favor of selling my collection when the time...
Honestly 3 1/2 cents a coin is a pretty good price for these, I would not pay more than 1.5 times face for the 1950's coins in general. So 3 1/2...
Details with the hairlines, rim issues, and whatever is going on under his eye. One more thread showing the problems with grading by pictures,...
Thanks for following up on this the whole way through, I love reading these posts. Congrats!
The raw coin is better than the slabbed coin, neither are good for the year and I would pass on both.
Nice coin and can't wait to see the type set thread!
Wonderful coins, I really like the bust halves.
Looks nice and the price is right, I would say 20 net 15 for the nicks on the cheek and the rim dings.
Or use the Adam Mervis sale from Heritage for early dates. It just sold and has all the early date numbered Sheldons so it's recent. I believe...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Picked this up a while ago and never posted it. The variety is considered rare, and this is the terminal die state with the...
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