There are some 1955 flat pack sets which do not have the foil Treasury seal in the 6th pocket. They may have been the first first flat pack sets...
The gold coins are beyond me, but here is a 1913. [ATTACH]
Coin dealers sometimes buy a share of an expensive coin to split between them, but it's not a good idea for collectors.
I really don't know very much about these pieces. I can't lay my hands on the one book I have which mentions them. My specialty is 19th century...
The Classic Head Cents John Reich was hired as an assistant mint engraver in 1807. He set to work right away with his Classic Head design, which...
The “fangs” on the 1955 “Bugs Bunny” Franklin Half Dollar are due to clashing. They are from the wing detail on the eagle.
The genuine 1876-CC Twenty Cent Pieces all have a doubled “LIBERTY.”
Which one would you like him to get for you. There is one with the name, "Gobrecht F." below the base, but would be kind of greedy. [ATTACH]...
You can also information about a piece if it has been sold in a major auction. Sometimes you find out what a dealer paid for the piece. It's...
This date was the last of the Draped Bust large cents. It is marked by some rather famous varieties including two types of overdates, small...
While I was walking around the 2024 FUN bourse, a fellow buttonholed me and asked if I would be interested in a 1945 Franklin Roosevelt inaugural...
It looks like a significant die break which is probably a diagnostic for a specific die variety. The coin is a bust dollar, and I remember seeing...
I think it took me three months to get a couple of notes back from grading. Of course it was shorter when I paid more, those notes that took...
Here's a short history of Claudius from my notebook. [ATTACH] Antoninianus of Claudius II, Obverse: IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG “Emperor caesar...
The PCGS Banknote Company when belly up. All of their certified notes are like raw notes now. That is not a big problem for the less expensive...
With mintage of 348,000, the 1806 cent has a reputation as a better date coin. In reality it is fairly common in the lower grades, although higher...
Yes, when I bought that coin I hoped that I would be able to find the other dates in Choice VF, but it didn’t work out that way. Most of these...
Yes, it's nice for what it is, but did you see the 1802 I posted in MS-63, Brown? That one is "exquisite."
The 1805 cent is fairly common with a reported mintage of 941,116. There are three known die varieties with two known obverse dies. Given the...
There are some dates of large cents that were struck in convex / concave planchet, but that was in 1796. The mint had started to buy copper...
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