1. PCGS 2. NGC 3. ANACS 4. ICG Acugrade, HCGS, SGS and many others are considered raw as far as I'm concerned. For the record, Acugrade was the...
I guess I started buying multiple coins like this years ago when I went to several shows a year. It didn't much matter at the time because I...
You should be banished from the community for blasphemy like that.
I can't help it, every time that I see a proof Liberty nickle, I have to have it. For many years, I have been working on a complete set, but it...
Purposely store them improperly, they will be worth much more if they all naturally tone.
Wow, those are really beautiful. You guys are going to make me collect coins outside of the US if you keep posting beauties like this. Stop it,...
Year, mint mark, condition, photos, cleaned?, metal detector finds, photos, price, photos and photos.
Branch mint proofs made before the 1950s are exceedingly rare by any measurement. Today I will focus on my favorite New Orleans mint proofs....
With a value of over $1,500,000 I must not be the only sucker out there who thinks that.
No, I don't have one...yet. I was saying that I consider that particular SP example the holy grail of my collection. Meaning that I consider...
Not to mention how many pattern coins were restruck to meet collector demand in the 1880s.
Luckily, my great grandfather did most of the work for me. When I inherited the family collection it was about 80% complete including the vast...
I'm just glad that I put that series to bed before the prices went through the roof. I do still get coins to upgrade the set from time to time...
That's a beauty Ruben. MS-65, I wouldn't venture a value because I really don't understand the high markups on toned Morgans.
I saw that 5 buck Grover on ebay last night, it didn't have any bids with twenty seconds to go. I was shocked.
Wow, that's tough man. Why the sell off?
The 1854 Flying eagle pattern (J-164) is a large cent, although not as large as what was currently being produced. [ATTACH][ATTACH] There is also...
I'm with KoinJester, a pedigree is one thing, but a marketing label is for suckers. Personally, I think having modern coins graded at all is a...
Before coins are put into circulation, pattern coins are created. These coins are often produced with off metal and off weight planchets. Some...
That's a tough one, but I'll say AU-58 to be on the safe side. There is some small rim damage, but I don't see any evidence of an improper cleaning.
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