Sounds like he found one heck of a big hidden room! Every third item he sells was found in there!
Like I said, I've got red cents that sat exposed for decades. Most people have jars in closets with similar examples. I've also got cents that...
I want to strongly echo this statement and point out that in my experience this can even be true of slabbed coins. I'm honestly afraid of red...
Once silver gets down to G or below, in many designs it has lost a lot of metal. Once you get into AG or below, the metal lost can be...
I agree with NGC. I would have missed the inside of the D, but the spotting is a big giveaway in these pics. I have a raw 1869 that I would...
I've bought two lots of proof rolls in my time. The Lincoln cents were spotty and awful, and I regret buying them. But the early-60s Jefferson...
There is often a lot of coin jewelry on eBay for fairly cheap. It can't hurt to look.
On a buying day, I'd pay up to $150 for that coin myself, but I'd make a terrible dealer since I can't price these things very well. I happen to...
Exactly. Was it a steal? No, it wasn't. He likely overpaid. Was it a terrible mistake? No, it wasn't. I've made way worse purchases. Most...
Lucky! That makes twice as many silver dimes as I've gotten in about twice as many years.
Congrats on a great acquisition, a very rare coin from a very beautiful series! Nobody ever regrets going into coins like that. Enjoy her ;-)
Like most coin collectors, I'd prefer to have dollar coins over bills and would appreciate the modest savings this would create. But really, we...
On Peace Dollars, even obvious NT is widely considered AT. I collect toned Peace Dollars, but I don't really know anybody else in on it. They're...
Surely you mean the evil Federal Reserve.
Maybe, but only after long and careful scrutiny, ensuring it is at least nearly unique, etc. For my part, I just assume anything even remotely...
I liked it, but I guess I didn't like it enough ;-)
Consensus is that your first coin is the no-L variety. The second coin is worn enough that if is is the with-L variety, the L itself will have...
I think this is an appropriate analogy. I own a 1991 "Gem Uncirculated" WTC ASE and have no misplaced sense of guilt or regret for it. I also...
Those are ugly as sin.
Funny you posted this -- that very coin caught my eye earlier, but without my books at hand I didn't want to jump on it! I'm not willing to spend...
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