Clash marks are not unusual on Type II gold dollars, the 1854 and 1855 coins. The trouble is the coins have other problems. Here are some...
I had a SEGS graded Mint State 1848-C quarter eagle when I was a dealer in the late 1990s. I had it on consignment. It was over 25 years ago so I...
They are not real coins. They are a coin like representation of Felix Schlag’s original winning design which never reached even the pattern coin...
I refuse to deal with eBay auctions because of their snipping policy. Twice I have finished first in an auction only to have snipper take it away...
The main “kid coins” I left are gold. I formed an eight piece gold type set when I was in high school. I still have four of those coins. The best...
Yes, Caesar portrait coins are expensive. I bid $11,000 for a decent one, which would have cost me $13,200 with the buyers’ fee, and I still...
There were many counterfeit British half pennies in circulation in American and in England. The government simply did not issue enough pieces to...
These pieces used to be fairly cheap many years ago. I bought this one for less than $50. This was also done with 1892 and '93 Columbian half...
This 1860-O half dollar is graded MS-64, CAC [ATTACH]
I’m too old to chase them. They would only want me for my money.
It’s a piece of “flypaper” that was made to get your money. It’s no different from the “1929 $5 layered in 100% gold,” worth about 14 cents, that...
All of us have had periods when we got away from collecting. My period was in the late 1970s when I went back to grad school for an MBA. Money was...
To follow up, the 1885-CC is quite scarce in any grade below Mint State. It seems that most of the survivors never made it to circulation and...
My grade would be VF-20. It has quite a bit of wear. The Grey Sheet price is $120.
MS-63. Today coins like that might end up in MS-64 holders.
You see dealers at the major shows who don't man their tables or who spend all their time on a computer, with their back to their front cases,...
I don't like dealers who don't mark prices on their offerings. I will still buy from them if the deal makes sense, but it's my least favorite way...
Here is the 1796 counterfeit half dollar I promised to post. This piece made through a major auction in the early 1960s, if memory serves. PCGS...
Here are Monitor reverse tokens with Lincoln and McClellan. For whatever the reason, I think the Lincoln one is a lot harder to find. [ATTACH]...
If the counterfeiter made his fakes like the Chinese are doing it and like a legitimate mint, he or she has a hub with the Mercury Dime design in...
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