For me, it's always been coin shows. Usually on the Last day.
The digs to the left behind Lincoln were caused after leaving the mint. The ripples around the date look most peculiar indeed, leaving me without...
While I have the Civil War Times complete magazine run in book form, including three volumes on every Confederate officer, there apparently were...
Sweet! A somewhat under appreciated series.
A beauty! And I'll agree with a very-fine.
Coins which fall under a grades written definition for details, and in the case of AU/MS which have mint luster showing, are assigned a grade...
13 stars represent the original 13 states. Vermont, Kentucky and Tennessee represented by 14-16. Very nice dime collection! As a dime lover, I'm...
Absolutely natural. And a fine specimen indeed.
Just out of curiosity, how did the dates ever get hand stamped that low on the working dies? The bigger question, before or after the dentils?...
That's being generous. The first two have no way of checking the mint mark location for verification, the second you can not even see. The last...
The same thing occurs looking at some AU58 and MS60. Unless the price is too good to let slip by I usually hold out for the higher of the two...
Right on. But hey? Don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
I'm with the majority, AU50/55 details-cleaned.
Simplify things. Buy the coin you find most appealing for the series you're collecting. The grader and holder should be secondary unless you...
For me, copper on a white background seems to make them more eye appealing. Especially full red or toned varieties. Which is quite tricky...
I must agree to disagree with the vast majority extremely critical of the United States Mint. While those points have merit, and I as well become...
I love how the non-clad coinage retain their beauty even when worn. Nice pick up!
Way back in 1949, William Sheldon devised a grading system for large cents which expanded to all series. Known as the Sheldon Scale, the original...
That label makes me wanna put on my cameo and grab the shotgun!
Glad to see I did not offend anyone as that was not my intent. Obviously I'm not alone in not getting the logic. But hey, if that's what you like...
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