The only clad pieces I have from that era are in Special Mint and Proof sets plus the certified coins that I need to keep my on-line Type set...
I will ask this impolite question. What will the CAC holder do to the market for coins with CAC stickers? Perhaps a CAC holder will be more...
I am not sure that the 1905 cent needs a new holder. Some collectors like the "little old ANACS holders." On the other hand, I am not sure that...
This $20 gold is a PCGS MS-65, CAC [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This one is a PCGS MS-64 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And this is an NGC MS-63. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have often found MS-64 to be the “sweet spot” where you got good eye appeal at a more reasonable price. A nice MS-64 can be as good has a “C”...
I have pictures of some really beautiful Roman aurei, but at $12,000 and way up, that is a lot more than I have spent for one Roman coin.
The Cincinnati commemorative is harder to find for the 52 piece type collectors than you might think. The total mintage was 15,000 which is the...
The Cincinnati commemorative has a checkered past. Here is a write-up I did about it. The Cincinnati Music Center Commemorative Half Dollar...
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These quarters were issued for two years, in 1975 and ‘76. Most collectors regard the drummer boy design as the best of the three Bicentennial motifs.
It’s hard to believe that someone would dump silver coins in a river to get rid of it.
All of the Gallery Mint pieces have "COPY" on the obverse or reverse. The trouble is the crooks hide the word and then try to sell them as genuine.
I think that it probably is an 1864-L because of the shape of the bust, but the standard has long been that the "L" must show, even if it is a...
MS-64
I gave up on "perfect" a long time ago. My motto is collect coins that I find attractive which are within my ability to pay for them. My one...
This is second Maximinus piece I have owned. It's just a common denarius. [ATTACH] Four of the other five emperors who served in 238, the year...
EBay as told us that the item was withdrawn "because it was lost or broken." I hope that it was "lost down the toilet," but I doubt it.
When I moved to Florida and continued my coin dealer business, a lot of dealers were offering them at the shows. The grading was consistently...
Here is a comparison of the modified Gallery Mint Quarter and a genuine piece in the same grade. Gallery Mint "modified" [ATTACH] Genuine...
Gallery Mint made reproductions of classic U.S. coins using the same minting techniques as the first U.S. Mint. The designs were off, but not...
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