The design for the Washington quarter got caught up in politics. There was originally a contest to see which professional artist's design would be...
The British coinage system was badly in need of an overhaul before Napoleon started terrorizing Europe. The Tower of London Mint was badly...
It looks cleaned from that picture. If they ignored that, it shouldn’t grade any high than EF-45. I’m thinking more like EF-40. There is a school...
1816 British sixpence. [ATTACH]
Here is an example of the 1801 cent with the three error reverse. The fellow who made this die "may have had a few" the night before. The "U" in...
Yes, I have problems reading the dates on those Gothic design British coins. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Peace Dollar was issued in the wake of World War I, which was billed as "the war to end all wars." That turned out to be sadly and wildly...
Recently this piece popped up on a dealer's fix price list, and I purchased it. It is a DeWitt AL 1864-33 in copper. It is rated as an R-8,...
You have to push around on the surface until you find the sweet spot where it opens a crack. Then you can push the lid up. It’s not that easy.
This one is an MS-65, CAC. I just bought it, and I thought that it was "all there" for the grade. Getting an MS-66 on a coin from this era is...
The "big, heavy" aspects of the Mega Red Book, sort of make it a no go for me. I have other books with similar information, and it is not a...
I still don't have a "live" Julius Caesar portrait coin. I have one that was minted 11 months after he died. The most common Julius Caesar pieces...
The book was issued in 1946 with a 1947 date on it. The date on the cover is always a year ahead.
The "glamor shot" gives it a totally different look. The slab photo makes it look like it's been artificially recolored. I owned this one for a...
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My Proof [ATTACH] My Unc. [ATTACH] My Chop mark piece [ATTACH] Box Trade Dollar - This one requires a description. In the late 19th century...
Here's a piece of my collection. Most of them are in a cabinet. 77 books take up a fair amount of room! [ATTACH]
Customs can really jam you up if they want to. I had an English coin from a London dealer hung up for a while. I finally got it, but they nicked...
The buffalo on that piece didn't impress everyone. When it was introduced, one of the posters on one of the blogs wrote that it looked like a rat!...
I am not quite sure want you want. Grover Cleveland was inaugurated on March 4, 1893. His full name was Stephen Grover Cleveland although he never...
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