I have a "short set" of Type III gold dollars from 1880 to 1889, but I'm not going to take the slots away from others by posting all of them....
It would have taken a long time to have gotten down to that grade, even though it's gold. That's a rare date, but it wouldn't interest me at all...
This was the "soap bar" holder coin I have bought in many years. This a minor gold type coin. It was Gobrecht's first take on the $10 Liberty. I...
The first U.S. gold coin was the 1795 $5 gold piece with the Small Eagle reverse. It was a red letter day when I found this piece at a Baltimore...
Collectors should know how some dealers treat collector sellers. Some dealers have a policy, “I pay less to the public.” Really? When I was a...
Coin collecting differs from gambling in one respect. I tend to hold to things long enough, and I tend to make money.
Here is the first piece of Classic gold I purchased, 1836 $2.50. I bought it in 1970 when I was college. [ATTACH]
My solution is to ignore a lot of this grading BS and enjoy the hobby. I buy the coins I like, almost all in NGC and PCGS holders mainly because...
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The dealer rejection of third party grading did work in one instance. In the late 1980s, currency dealers go together and boycotted certified...
Yes Christian Gobrecht and others fooled with the Capped Bust design through the Classic Head Quarter Eagle series.
This Illinois commemorative half dollar was issued in 1918. This is sort of like cheating. [ATTACH]
Yea, it's copper with zinc coating LOL. Here's "a web" where some steel cents came from. I think I bought this a show in New Jersey back in the...
Back in the 1960s, dealers advertised and sold many "PDS sets," especially for Lincoln cents. There were 2X2 cardboard holders that held the three...
No, I didn't forget my history. The main service that was around before PCGS was ANACS. It made a lot of marketing errors, the biggest of which...
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Cross overs in the same grade to PCGS are tough, especially with modern coins. PCGS is acknowledged as the tougher grader in that area of the...
Wow! It's not even in an NGC holder! That means it can't be used in the "most prestigious registry. It's up to $3,300 bid plus the buyers' fee,...
When I was a dealer, I cut my hand a couple of times on the piece that locks the glass lid to the case. I guess it's an occupational hazard.
According to one of the people who write copy for a major auction house, the 1794 dollar, which is graded SP-66 and sold for $10 million +, was...
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