Shop it around. My next door neighbor had some one ounce American Gold Eagles he wanted me to help him to sell. A dealer a couple of towns over...
The way things are going, I guess $5,000 gold is in our future. It's a sad time for collectors, and it might be a sad time for buyers if people...
Someone paid them to slab. It's not PCGS which was stupid. I saw someone beat me to this comment. I'm surprised we have not seen some of the...
Here is a genuine 1853-O gold dollar. I posted larger photos. Note that the hair details on the counterfeit are not quite right. The dentiles are...
The old time (1960s) counterfeits, which were made in Lebanon, were made of real gold. Gold dollars were a favorite of the counterfeiters because...
They look to be raised so they are the result of die polishing. My guess is MS-63.
Except for the fact that it took a lot longer to earn $57.50 in the 1960s than it does now. The rule of thumb is times 10. So $57.50 then is...
There are two reasons to get a coin certified. First, if it is a rare or very popular item, certification says that it’s genuine. That’s a big...
I think that the 1796 No Stars Quarter Eagle is ahead of it. From the historical perspective, the 1793 Chain Cent and the 1792 Half Disme are all...
It seems like it was his signature. He places on the Capped Busy half dollar dies he made. The collectors of Capped Bust Half Dollar die varieties...
With a mintage of only 2,710, the 1808 quarter eagle, which is a one year type coin, is one of the most desirable U.S. coins. According to PCGS...
One thing irritates me is the fact that the GreySheet way behind on gold prices. I’ve gotten editions when gold had gone up by over hundred...
Circa 1967. I had visions of building a set of $2.50 Indians, but at that point I only got the 1926 to go with the 1929. The price was $57.50 for...
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To my eye, the 1825 $2.50 gold piece is one of the ugliest gold coins in the U.S. set. It was one of Robert Scot's last designs. These coins had a...
I was looking at the dates of my $2.50 gold coins, and was surprised to find that among the 5 early type coins I have (1796 to 1829) that I have...
If memory serves, there are more than one 1864 copper coin which has a repunched date. I had an Indian cent that showed in high school. I’ll see...
If you can break even or make money on most everything you buy, in the short term, you are a lot better than I am, @cladking. I have made money...
I have very little “speculative blood.” Except when I was dealer, I have purchased almost no items in 65 years of collecting with a profit in mind.
To me, just about anything that has been labeled as a “key date,” variety or die state. The reason is that a bunch of collectors, actually...
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