I am an odd collector. I much prefer looking at what I have and learning as much about it as I can. "The chase" gets very tiring for me,...
I built two sets for costomers when I was a dealer. It's easy to do. All it takes is money. Some other series sets are much harder.
Here is by far the most valuable coin I have in an ANACS "soap bar" slab. This is minor type coin in the U.S. gold series, and it's quite scarce....
Some people liked the size of these holders because more of them could be stored in limited spaces, like safe deposit boxes. The only downside for...
I bought this one at the Lakeland, Florida coin show. I didn't go to the show looking for it, and I had to sit for a while thinking about whether...
This was on the 1960s TV show, "The Wild, Wild West." [ATTACH]
Not much of a looker, but you can see the date, in addition to the die chip on the reverse. Some people call the lump (die chip) under the "E" in...
I used to collect half cents by die variety. Then I hit a wall where the collection could go no further. I knew the collectors who had the rare...
NGC is the leading service for foreign and ancient coins. You might try them. I think that these coins do show signs of cleaning. Is it “market...
I disagree with the Southern cause which was to perpetuate and expand slavery. I also understand the pride the southern people have in their...
It is interesting to look at the buildings or structures that are depicted on some coins. Here is the church at Jamestown, Virginia which was the...
Here are a couple of photos my late father in law took of the carving in the early 1960s. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here's what it looks like today....
Actually it's a bit more complicated than that. Here's an article about that I wrote a few years ago. Every United States commemorative...
The British coins, prior to 1920, were 92.5% silver, 7.5% copper which is sterling silver.
Graffiti on a coin is much worse than a random scratch. It shows intent which collectors view in a much more unfavorable light. As for the first...
I like half cents too. I used to collect them but die variety and knew the late author, Roger Cohen, who wrote the two editions of the “Little...
I'm working on a date set of cents from 1793 to date. I've got quite a few of them, but the 1808 to 1813 coins are going to be the toughest group....
I may as well include a Bust Dollar in the mix. This 1798 Large Eagle is a better die variety. It was the plate coin in one of Dave Bowers books....
The sharpness grade is VF-20, but I'm concerned about the shiny spots in back of and above Ms. Liberty's cap and the areas around the eagle on the...
People have compared the design of the Shield Nickel with a "tombstone." It was very similar to the Two Cent Piece, but somehow, it didn't come...
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