AU-50 or 53.
You have to learn to grade from photos because so much is sold on the Internet these days. I will agree with you with respect to high grades like...
I see a long scratch down the eagle’s body. That precludes the MS-67 grade. In that grade, you should have to hunt for the marks. In addition, I...
AG-3 Full, clear date (a key factor);with wear extending into the devices from the edge.
The emergence of CAC in the U.S. coin market prompted me to get involved with British coins and later Roman imperial pieces. I am as much into the...
The only English gold coins that were issued during George VI's reign were those in his 1937 coronation set. The Great Depression was part of it,...
They were selling for 35 cents circa 1956.
Really? They are that expensive now? This is more like what you should be looking for, but I bought this one years ago. [ATTACH] This is in a...
Yes, Lincoln was known as "honest Old Abe" when he was running for president in 1864. [ATTACH]
Here is the medal that started it all. Victor David Brenner showed an example of this medal to Theodore Roosevelt while the president was posing...
I admit it. @Mountain Man got me. :) However, if it had been a cent hoard from New England that had not been touched in over 65 years, it's...
The patriotic CWT variety numbers are Fuld number 24/246a. It is rated as an R-2, which is fairly common.
I think I bought that one in 2018.
Time for the reveal. This is a fantasy piece that exists only on my computer. Although Three Dollar Gold Piece dies were sent to Charlotte for...
Counterfeit. I don't care for the wire rim or fin at the top of the obverse. I am also concerned about the weakness in the "Y" of "LIBERTY"...
Yes, the coin in the previous post is an example of the type of coin serious collectors should avoid.
I just acquired this one a few days ago. It completes my type set of southern gold. [ATTACH]
Perhaps. The Secret Service probably doesn't work on weekends unless it's absolutely necessary.
Was you grandfather a client of Izzy Switt? I have understood that Izzy was not a peasant man. :mad:
One way not to buy them is to listen to me. I love the 20 cent pieces and have collected as much of the set that I could afford since high school...
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