The edge lettering was pushed very deep into the coin and would be last to go. I find it really hard to believe that the lettering would gone...
I found date and mint mark collecting to be too much. It was the reason I was a type collector for a long time until I finished that set. When I...
I have been a bit of both. When I became a dealer, I sold my half cent die variety collection for seed money. Generally I hold coins for a long...
If you are forming an all mints Morgan Dollar type set, you have to have the 1921-D. It’s the only Denver Mint coin in the series.
Sorry, I don't think that it's genuine. My 1800 only grades Fine, and is not a great coin, but here it is. [ATTACH]
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If you are a big customer, you get a lot of leeway. After a big customer personally attacked me for months because I wouldn’t give CAC a full...
The pictures are too over exposed to tell. Over exposure covers up marks. I learned that the hard way years ago. The San Diego comes in high...
The 1921-S has the wrong mint mark. The real one is very small, actually small enough that it’s hard to read.
You learn to pull your punches on CU if you hope to stay. I think Roger Burdette is one of the best numismatic authors around. He’s been very...
Yea, I got the "This listing does not violate our policy" email when I reported an obvious counterfeit to them. They are right. Selling...
I am on PCGS and NGC. I used to be on another one, but they did away with my ability to post pictures, so I have not been back. I have spent some...
Solid pass for me. I hate high priced toners. I won this one many years ago for answering a quiz question at a NENA (New England Numismatic...
How do you know that this “broken L” is a counterfeit? Unusually counterfeiters don’t have the expertise, patience or equipment to make a Proof...
Vermont - We want to be the 14th star! "Quarta. Decima Stella" [ATTACH] "A new constellation of stars! "Nova Constellatio" [ATTACH]
It was my understanding that Congress gave George Washington to power to reduce the weight of the half cent and cent earlier in 1795. He did not...
It has a dullish look which might mean that has been cleaned. These coins came with roughed up fields. The fields are not perfectly smooth as they...
If ICG graded it, thre is an excellent chance that it's genuine. You might say that the ICG is lose at times, but the graders there are good at...
The year 1796 was unique one for the first Philadelphia Mint. It is the only year in which you can collect a set of all 10 denominations that were...
As I remember it, the coin in question was a 1907 Wire Edge With Periods $10 gold coin. I remember Dennis looking down and seeing it resting on...
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