I bought this one for $100 raw back in the mid 1980s. NGC called it "EF-45," which it isn't, but it does have good color and surfaces. This is the...
Going by the photos, the NGC graded coin looks dark and rough. I would not want it. The PCGS coin looks much better, but that based upon a...
I would to find a nice piece of gun money, but the one time I saw a couple, the auction minimum seemed high. The pieces didn’t sell.
The pictures are not that clear, but it does not look like a lamination error to me. It looks more like a stain or a foreign substance.
I had one copy of the Spadone book when I was in junior high school or high school. The only thing I remember about it was that he said that Gem...
Here's another Poke piece I acquired out of the Heritage DeWitt sale. I was determined to get this because it is very frank about Polk's goal to...
The OP is a large date.
It's the year, it's a tie between three coins, the 1838-C quarter eagle and the 1838-C and 1838-D half eagles. According to my Internet search,...
This coin is a sovereign, but it has the same obverse design. [ATTACH]
The obverse does not look good to me. I think it has been puttied. Here is an example of a putted gold coin that has gone bad. [ATTACH]
I'd grade it Good-6. The hair detail it shows is deceptive because the hair was strongly defined on the 1801 - 1803 half dollars and on some 1805...
Here's the set. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] These sets are net, but many of them contain "sliders" at Unc. prices. This one is all Unc., and I have been...
The only time a "P" mint mark was placed on coin in the "olden times" was for the War Nickels which were issued from 1942 to 1945. The plan was to...
They have all been dipped, but they are Mint State. [ATTACH] This quarter is an MS-61. I had hoped for better, but could not locate it....
The 1864 Small Motto Two Cent Piece is not that rare. I cherry picked one from another dealer when I was in the business. I've owned five of them...
Many years ago, I received some Silver Eagles from a local club for speaking there are as door prizes. They were housed in holders that were made...
You have an upgrade, but the coin has been cleaned. I would have to refresh my knowledge of prices for Classic Head half cents, but it is unusual...
There is one Lewis Cass piece that is somewhat common. I handled two of them when I was a dealer. The others are hard to impossible.
He tore the magazine to pieces. He also ripped apart a backpack that was on my bicycle.
Perhaps, you should buy a copy of the “ANA Grading Guide.” I got started with line draws (Brown and Dunn) in the 1960s, and learned a lot from...
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