Yes, I think that VF-20 is right for the grade. Keep working with the grading guides, and you will an expert before you know it. I learned by...
The government did not give the Fugio cents recognition as money because they were perceived to be too light. The concern was they would trade as...
Yep, I’m sure. The buyers’ fees started about 10 years later and grew from 10% to 15% to 20% and more.
it’s “deem.”
About 40 years ago the finest known example of this coin came up in an auction. In those days everything was catalogs, no Internet. For a...
Probably three-quarters of the 1792 half dismes were owned by Jefferson at some point. The latest research showed that Jefferson had $75 worth of...
Think that there will increases in interest in the older cents, including the Indian and wheat cents. Prices for rolls of wheat cents might...
I can’t imagine writing a 5-figure check for a raw coin these days. I have written a low 4-figure check for an ancient Roman coin within the last...
I don’t think so, unless two very wealthy collectors fight over it. It seems that the 1804 Dollar (original, circa 1834) has lost a lot of steam...
I think that the 1933 double eagle has sold for $18 million. To think, that coin is a piker compared to the coins on this list. Who knew? :jawdrop:
Yes, the surfaces have spongy look, and the details are fuzzy. It’s like a “circulated, Mint State coin.
Yes, the two remaining coins in the Smithsonian are struck on both sides.
Yes, they are expensive. The half dime is graded AU-53. It would have been an AU-58 except for the scratch on the bust. The dollar is graded...
The 1797 half dime, diameter 16.5 mm. Given the technology of the time, can you imagine getting this much detail on a coin this size? [ATTACH]...
No. The artwork on the reverse of the coin has no depth of field and is boring as the devil. They could have done better. For example, the reverse...
I bought this MS-70 graded piece when gold was in the dulldrums and the prices were coming down for the coin. I bought it from a dealer who was...
I hate the reverse of the Botanic Garden commemorative silver dollar. The building looks like a trollycar, which is usual quality for government...
Sorry, but that is some really bad artwork. George H.W. Bush looks like he had a bad facelift. I don’t know why, but the artwork really went down...
I vote "machine part." An advertising token should have something else, like a street address for the business.
Believe it or not, this is the same coin, depending upon the angle of the light source for the photo or the viewer. NGC graded this piece PR-66....
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