My grade would be Good. The reverse is better, but the obverse is the more important side for grading.
I am a retired dealer. Back when I played the crack-out game, I would not have even considered sending the coin for grading in the original...
Mint has become a disgusting entity which is overusing its monopoly power. This latest stunt shows a total level of disrespect for the small...
Double dimes have fascinated me since high school. I now have a complete set, minus the rare 1876-CC. This 1876 in MS-65 is my best one....
I went to the Sarasota coin show yesterday. It was interesting to see how the numismatic gold coin market is going. The short answer is that it...
Edward III introduced the widespread use of gold coins to England. Here is a half noble. [ATTACH] Elizabeth I coins sometimes come with weak...
Were any ancient planchets made using the technique which was used by the medieval coiner? Ingots of gold or silver were formed and then hammered...
In my opinion, the quality of the Roman coins really slipped with emperor Constantine. The portraits were far more crude, and really only...
This is the only "old gold" Proof coin I have. The Type III gold dollars are the most common pre 1933 gold pieces in the United States series. The...
I shipped the package this morning.
Many Morgan Dollars were kept in bags, away from the air, for many years. The fact that they did not tone is because of the way they were stored....
Believe it or not, dealers are now cracking up the modern silver Proof sets and tossing the quarters into silver junk boxes. When I saw one dealer...
If you send an ancient coin, you need to write up something about the coin, or it will just be "a seconds and done situation." I don't know what...
I would love to go to both, but since my wife and I have sworn off New York City, I will only got to FUN. There is a large foreign coin area at...
The coin is an NGC MS-66. I guess it needs to be dipped because it was probably saved in a coin cabinet with obverse up, or perhaps it preserved...
I was refering to the piece in the ANACS "AU Cleaned" marked holder.
Dipping and cleaning are two different things to knowledgeable people. The purists, who obsessed with originality, think they are one in the same....
Because the 1853-D gold dollar was the first gold coin I ever saw at 10 years of age, this one is one of my favorites. No, it's not the 1853-D...
I'm too old to walk that far. It would be fun if I were in the area.
Not a coin, but a token. This was made from iron which was recovered from the wreck of the CSS Virginia, the Confederate ironclad. It's made of...
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