I had one of those tokens before I bought the Libertas Americana medal. I had an electrotype of the Libertas before I had the real thing. I think...
By 1794, the mint had settled into its production schedule fairly well. It still had its problems, but the quality of the coins had improved...
The Chain and Wreath Cents are in my collection. They are type coins. I bought them almost 40 years ago. I don’t have the 1793 Liberty Cap Cent...
I promised to post this after I completed a date set of cents from 1793 to 2024. When I get my 2025 Proof set, I'll be up to date. I won't post...
Why aren’t they showing you the reverse? That’s key to such a deal. I’ve seen coins like this with solder on the reverse or the edge.
I went to my local club’s show and was pleasantly surprised. There were dealers there offering ancient coins, better U.S. coins and a selection of...
It was supposed to be copper, but other impurities got into it. This was technology that was over 220 years ago. The grey color might be from a...
The dealer who sold it to me marked it as such.
The mintages for the First Lady series coins in gold are very low, but they still sell for melt. The only one I have is the Jackie Kennedy piece....
This piece is a Proof, which shows all of the design detail. If you compare it with the OP, you will see that most of the design detail is still...
Here's the one in my collection. It's a bear to photograpy because the coin is black and gives off "hot spots" at every light sourse. [ATTACH]
It has EF sharpness, but I am not sure about the toning. It’s funky, and I would need to see it in person to make a determination.
I am very tired of have all of the price guides cluttered up with all of this numismatic garbage. There is one reason for issuing this stuff … GREED!
I just looked it up. You can buy a ounce American Gold Eagle for $ 3,441.15. Superman is my favorite action hero, but he's not that much of a...
I could see that the 1884-CC Morgan Dollar was bad from the start. The surfaces were completely wrong with uniform porosity. The 1914-D cent...
It's an uneven strike with enough marks to make it a "details" grade. The sharpness is a Fine taken down to VG. You can't say "Good" because early...
VF-20, but barely.
Old faschined gade Good, now probably a VG.
The Philadelphia Mint employees hated working with nickel. They nicknamed it "The devil's copper." It had higher melting point than the other...
I was "a much smaller fish" when the dealer teletype operation was going. I was looking for coins like a 1795 half dime and couldn't find any. The...
Separate names with a comma.
