Silver is chemically less reactive that copper-nickel, but copper-nickel is harder. Silver fares better in the ground, but copper-nickel lasts...
I used to love Indian Cents. My main goal was to complete a conventional set (no minor varieties, there are no books on them anyway back then)...
I have probably attended my last Baltimore show. My wife is very concerned about crime in the city, and flying is a bear these days.
Third row down, fifth one from the left.
Here a set that I bought a year or so ago. I have since upgraded three of the pieces that came in it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] One of them which I...
It has not been cleaned, but it's also not quite Mint State.
As a long time collector, I can understand the fascination with 58 year old coins. When I was young collector in the mid 1960s, finding a 58 year...
A word about Proof coins and albums. The only reason to pull a Proof Silver Eagle out of its mint packaging a putting it into an album is to...
The mint or the Federal Government gave the silver and gold eagles face values despite the fact that those numbers have nothing to do with the...
The story was this Caesar / Anthony coin was made by a military mint when Anthony was on the run from the Senate's army. My research on the coin...
One of late emperors and my second solidus. [ATTACH]
I don't have one from when he was alive with Julius Caesar's portrait on it. This one was struck about 11 months after he was assassinated....
Here is my Clodius Albinus denarius and the notations from my notebook. [ATTACH] Denarius of Clodius Albinus as caesar, Obverse: D CLOD SEPT...
Historically, buying the vast majority of these coins from the mint has been a losers game. You would have lost money on a lot of them. A better...
Even at a small medium sized show, like the one in Lakeland, Florida, there were a couple of dealer who had a decent inventory of the modern...
Sorry. I see it’s the date that is ‘65. The copper-nickel alloy is very durable. These coins last much longer than the old silver alloy. The...
They don’t look like MS-65 coins to me. There is wear and the mint luster is broken.
There are dealers at the major shows, like Baltimore, who stock these coins regularly. I am not a fan of certified pieces. Unless you are looking...
I don't think that the 1942 Proof War Nickel has to be part of the set. It's a special issue that was made for collectors, not circulation.
I am an early die state collector, but look at those who prefer cuds and die breaks, and will see other opinions.
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