I remove them. It leads directly back to the lot number which makes it easier for future people to know what you paid. And, as others have said,...
I would leave it alone. If you succeed in removing the black spot, you will have a white spot, probably larger, in its place. If you don't...
Randy beat me to it, but I'll do it anyway. 1834 was a very important year in the history of U.S. gold coinage. That year, the Andrew Jackson...
I presume you are referring to the 1838 quarter eagle. This coin was graded MS-63. Look at the area above the eagle’s head. There are lots of...
The breast and tail feathers can be weakly struck. Weakness on the tail and sometimes the head were the reasons for the early end to the design....
Here is my only Galba piece. [ATTACH] Denarius of Galba, Obverse, IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M, “Emperor Servius Galba, Caesar Augustus,...
I don't believe that variety was in the original edition of Fuld. My only experience with Aaron White has been with this piece. [ATTACH]...
Welcome to the boards! I have been collector for over 60 years, but I only started to collect imperial Roman coins about 10 years ago. Before...
Here are a couple of Mint State examples which might help learn how they in that grade. This is graded MS-65. [ATTACH] This is an MS-64....
The coin has the sharpness of an AU, but does not appear to have any luster, which is usually required for the grade. I would say the slab grade...
Reputations and reality can sometimes be different things. Does this look like an MS-63 CAC to you? Believe it or not it is, or at least it was...
Grade-flation is annoying to me because it has depressed a lot of prices. To get the money out of your coins at auction, it seems like you have to...
The really expensive ones are the 1905 Theodore Roosevelt. which was designed by Augustus St. Gaudens, 1921 Warren G. Harding and 1925 Calvin...
Whenever someone asks if you have any regrets about the purchases you didn't make, my answer for the last decade has been that I passed on an 1801...
Sorry, but I really don't care for that one. It does not have the surface that I would expect on a 1936 Proof quarter. It looks more shiny than...
Could it be because bronze is made of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc. Maybe this coin got more than its share of the tin and zinc.
Two Cent Pieces can come with "delicate strikes" although that often happened at the end of series. Here is an 1870 that is not a great strike,...
You post some pictures here to get some advice before you go.
A "vampire note" issued during Germany's hyperinflation period in the 1920s. It was subtle comment on what the Treaty of Versailles was doing to...
The 1901 McKinley inaugural medal was the first piece of its kind in the modern era. Prior to then, the official inaugural medals had been...
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