Yeah, Breen's Encyclopedia is an excellent buy. As the other said, errors and omissions are to be expected, but it's still a fine, fine book. I...
Each auction house has its own rules, but generally the ones being queried here go a bit like this - Floor bidding opens at the next increment...
Winning an auction with online/absentee bids can be rough. I've tried a few lots with absentee bids, and won one coin. I've attended one live...
Unless you're talking keys or top-pop or really rare varieties, the redbook is... inaccurate at best. For your average run-of-the-mill coin,...
Not what serial, what series. Look on the bill for the word series, I believe. Fish
A specimen-quality 1796 half cent. I've never even seen one, but I've heard of a few that exist. Fish
Ah, nice! Which 1806 half cent is it? There are four varieties for that year, unless my memory fails. One large 6, and three small 6. The...
Gosh, I'd love to be able to throw up some pics in here, but I have very, VERY few 18th century coppers, and the ones I do have could be most...
I'd say if you can get it for VF-ish money you're doing fairly well, especially since it's not a bad-looking coin, previously cleaned or no. More...
Yeah, die chip or die dent. Cute little error, probably get you at least a few dollars if you wanted to sell it. Heck, the error market has been...
Personally, my advice is never, ever, EVER bring a redbook with you. If you want to bring a greysheet/bluesheet, or if you're a copper nut a copy...
Is it just me, or does the reverse on the commem look... flatter? Less detailed? Personally, I'd take any mint-state Morgan over the commem....
Not from the first time I collected, no, I was very young. More recently it was an 1803 C-1 half cent. Ugly li'l *******, but nice 1803s are...
If you think you might end up liking two cent pieces a lot, I recommend the book Getting Your Two Cents Worth by Kevin Flynn. There are a LOT of...
What's next, slab-slabs, and slab-slab-slabs? It's like trucks, truck-trucks, and truck-truck-trucks. That's for all you Simpsons fans out...
Half cent, 1808/7 Cohen-1. Look it up in your Cherrypicker's guide. It's the only variety in there for half cents of 1808. Shame it's got...
Wait until someone starts counterfeiting the slabs themselves in a serious fashion. That's when you'll start seeing major problems, especially...
Easy. Problem-free 1796 half cent, or 1802 reverse of 1800 half cent, or 1811 reverse of 1802 half cent (AKA the Mickley Restrike). There are...
Right now I'm a type 2, but I have traces of the type 4 in that I will prioritize purchases of coins that I could at some point in the near or far...
As long as you don't care if the goal is likely to be accomplished, my goal is to end the year with a problem-free 1796 half cent in my...
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