These coins are not thick enough to have a seem. I don’t think that the coin is good, but I can’t post pictures of real ones until tomorrow. The...
I once owned an example of that 1809 half cent variety. It was a fairly recent (the last 45 years discovery), which has minor differences from the...
It looks like aluminum oxide. You can’t clean that because it’s the metal in the token has become.
The Panama-Pacific gold dollar is much more common than the quarter eagle. I have been looking for the "perfect one" with no marks and no rub on...
Today we are celebrating the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Washington was the central figure in the founding of the United...
These tokens are quite common and have been around for a long time. I have one somewhere.
The No Stars Dime was the last type that I needed when I completed my type set for the first time in the mid 1990s. I had given up, at that point,...
I suppose I should post a couple Wilson buttons He pushed for a shorter work week for railroad workers, which for safety reasons, was a good...
Woodrow Wilson, not one of my favorite presidents. He was the only president to have a PhD. He was very bright, but was he also very arrogant...
How to fix a bend gold coin? I have heard that you can put it between two pieces of soft pine and tap it with a hammer. I have never tried it,...
Most collectors I have known say that a hole is the worst. That goes double for one that is ragged and not smooth, like one made by a nail. As...
MS-64
I have not posted this one for a while. The grade is PCGS PR-64. [ATTACH] It's hard to get the Proof coin mirrors ''straight on." Here it is...
Here is the only good for a beer token that I have. It was issued by Friedrich Miller, yes, THE Friedrich Miller, who was the founder of the beer...
Chester Alan Arthur became president after James Garfield was assassinated in 1881. A lot of people were not happy about that at first because...
I paid about $1,600 for the Choice VF example I have posted on this site. It had been in an NGC holder. I have to slab tag and have no reason to...
I don’t see this coin as a VG. It looks like a G-6 to me. The Grey Sheet says $50 in Good and $68 in VG. I see this coin retailing with those...
Yes, that is quite important. Many people like the Standing Liberty Quarter, but, in my opinion, that design does not hold up well once it is...
I think that the Walking Liberty Half Dollar design was the most beautiful U.S. coin of the 20th century. The "walkers" are definitely more...
I doubt it. Most "flippables" are coins, not medals. 75,000 is way too high for an "investment grade" medal. I can show your 19th century...
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