My brother in law has a Bentley. It’s an older one, model year 2006 or so. It has a 12 cylinder engine and is super smooth. It puts my Cadillac...
The show started in Miami, I believe, in 1956 and has grown tremendously since then. Orlando is the spot for the show, which most people prefer....
I have been lucky enough never to have lost a coin, token or medal in the mail, but I heard a sad story about one. The finest known 1873 Indian...
These sets have sold for premiums in the past, although I don't understand why. Usually collectors don't give a hoot about mint packaging. They...
This was during a transition period at the mint. When the old large cent went by the boards, the mint wanted to issue something that looked like...
I did not vote a "10" for anything. My highest vote was for the Gobrecht Dollar at an "8." There were a number of modern coins that can be...
It should be an EF-45, but if it was graded recently, AU-50.
When I was a dealer, I saw Trade Dollars that had a chop mark or two that were straight graded by the top two services. The mark was “hidden”...
In a way good news for people who have gold. I have quite a bit, but it's almost all numismatic gold that sells for a lot more than melt. That...
Here is a 1796 over 5 half dime. This was the very first overdate coin that the U.S. mint issued. This is the worst one that is in a slab, the...
Here's a piece of advice you can take to the bank. When you see an offering for a coin with bad photograph that does not give you a decent image...
Here is a 1941 Proof Dime. [ATTACH] Aside from the 1942 to 1945 war nickels, the Philadelphia Mint did not have mint marks on their coins until...
Here is one of the primary reasons why I bid on the Heritage lot of six Lincoln tokens, the piece with the Union ironclad Monitor on the reverse....
You are mixing die variety numbers with different series. Sheldon numbers cover early large cents from 1793 to 1814. Newcomb numbers cover...
I recently bought one of the Heritage multitoken lots. There were six pieces in it, all designed an issued by the Key family of die sinkers from...
What I was trying to say is that I would prefer to get a collector who specializes in U.S. coin. I post in the hammer and milled British areas and...
You might suggest that, but sometimes it’s hard to buy something that is beyond your expertise.
How about one with hole and a tough patch on the surface? That’s worst one I have seen. It was in one of the late Catherine Bullowa’s auctions in...
There are variations in the size and placement of the mint mark can vary on these coins. So that might not be a determining factor. Mint mark were...
Sorry, but I vote counterfeit. I don't care for the lettering on the reverse at all. It looks thick and amateurish. Here is a genuine graded...
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