Nickel coins and “black beauty” do not go together. Black nickel coins are corroded, which is environmental damage. They are worth far less than...
If you have ever read about how the British executed people, right up until the time of George III (early 1800s), cutting off your hands was...
Unfortunately things were not that great by this time. Georgia gold was high purity, but there was not enough of it to keep everyone employed....
I have always liked gold dollars. That makes me different from most collectors because the vast majority of collectors think "Bigger is better."...
A couple of days ago, I posted a story about a satirical medalet that was issued against Charles Dana who was the editor of The New York Sun...
@Mountain Man was kind enough to gift one to me alone with its Philadelphia counterpart. I could see where these could end up in a roll of cents...
I had a number Lincoln campaign pieces sent to me in PVC holders that were breaking down. The guy had bought them in an auction and never taken...
I think that all of the graders are backed up. It took me three months to get three pieces of Confederate paper money graded from NGC. They were...
I have subscribed to Coin World for a very long time. It's the only weekly coin newspaper I get. I enjoy it because it's not filled up with the...
I am currently working on a notebook for my collection of 19th century presidential campaign tokens, medalets and medals. I had thought about...
It's really sad that PCGS threatens to punish the messenger instead of working with the messenger. I could see them putting Jack on their payroll...
It happened once on a "colonial coin."
I have done that with my 19th century presidential campaign medalets. Most of my pieces are raw and in a series of Eagle holders and albums, but I...
@Vess1 “Why stop at 1964?” You don’t have to stop, but it’s one sign post, where the silver coinage ended, that you can. You can continue. At...
Here is what I mean about the early quarter eagles. The 1796 to 1798 type. [ATTACH] 1802 to 1807 type [ATTACH] If you every get into the...
You didn't leave out much of anything, but I collect Proofs when I can. The one Proof I would love to find would be a Trade Dollar. I have...
My computer guy took care of that when I purchased a new desk top. My photos were all in .jpg, so there was no problem about that. As for...
I have Adobe Photoshop Elements. The instructions with it are useless, but I was able to get though enough by working with it to get what I want....
The date and mint mark are too strong for the rest of the coin. They look like they were conveniently “dropped in” to make a key date piece. I...
He can look at my U.S. sets on the NGC Registry and decide if I am a “failure.” And that does not include my collection of tokens, medals, British...
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