Yes. Since you will be using it a lot, and leaving it open on the desktop, it tends to "break the back" of the book. For that reason, consider a...
If you find yourself gravitating towards one particular series, look for the specialist book on that series. Maybe you really like Mercury Dimes,...
1. Red Book 2. ANA grading standards (circulated coins) 3. "How To Grade US Coins" - Halperin (mint state coins) Consider this : no one can...
http://coinshows.com/texas.html There is a lot of action in the D/FW area in the next few months.
Interesting question. I think Mike is right on, if we restrict ourselves to US Mint coinage. But let's remember - until 1857, all sorts of...
It certainly appears cleaned to me. Sometimes, scanned images look worse than they are and give that dead grey look. Maybe that happened here,...
A dollar goes a long, long way in Haiti. Most people are unaware of this simple, hard fact : many people in this world live on less than a dollar...
I have several nice Hard Times tokens and picked up two very nice Conders at FUN. I'll post up some photos when I can.
Yes, I belong and yes it's very, very important. I'm a member of the ANA, Early American Coppers Society, and the John Reich Collectors Society...
I've seen it. There's some earth-shaking material in there. The auction market got hit pretty hard during the downturn; it was one of the...
I can see why it's taking years to "get happy" on a Seated Dollar. There are plenty out there, but few are poppers. Many are stinkers. For...
World's dumbest crooks. Oughta be on "News of the Wierd"
It depends. Strictly speaking, they are neither. They indicate a die state. However, in some cases they are considered a variety. As mentioned...
What would change to make them wake up ? What forces would drive that change ? We gotta have good answers to both questions or the "sleeper"...
Here's some other things very useful about die cracks : Die cracks tend to indicate a coin is genuine. It's difficult to counterfeit a coin's...
No, but specialists are very interested in such things. Basically, specialists round up every specimen of a given issue they can find and try to...
Many agree. It's kind of cool, and very instructive. Die cracks teach us about coins, how they're made, and certain trivia about mint operations.
Here's the crux of the issue - know the diagnostics of a genuine coin before you buy. That's particularly important on raw coins, and even more...
This is very important... not just for authenticity, but also cleaning, alterations, and other problems. The US Coin market is very advanced and...
That's a vitally important point. This is one reason coin shows are so useful. Go to the show, and bring your cleaned coin. Compare to other...
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