No. The artwork on the reverse of the coin has no depth of field and is boring as the devil. They could have done better. For example, the reverse...
I bought this MS-70 graded piece when gold was in the dulldrums and the prices were coming down for the coin. I bought it from a dealer who was...
I hate the reverse of the Botanic Garden commemorative silver dollar. The building looks like a trollycar, which is usual quality for government...
Sorry, but that is some really bad artwork. George H.W. Bush looks like he had a bad facelift. I don’t know why, but the artwork really went down...
I vote "machine part." An advertising token should have something else, like a street address for the business.
Believe it or not, this is the same coin, depending upon the angle of the light source for the photo or the viewer. NGC graded this piece PR-66....
Personal nostalgia. I usually don’t collect coins for that reason, but in this case, I made an exception. This is an encased Morgan Dollar. The...
I was born and raised in Delaware. Most U.S. collectors are familar with the Delaware commemorative half dollar. I have owned four of them over...
Products from Dr. Feuchwanger who pushed for a three cent piece years before the Federal Goverment issued them. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] He tried...
How about a Civil War token? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Or a piece of encased postage? This is from John Gult who filed the patent for it. [ATTACH]...
I spotted an obvious counterfeit 1794 Dollar on eBay. I sent them an email about it. Their repsonse ( was not exact words) "This lot conforms to...
Yes. This 1799 large cent is subpar. It was lucky not to get a "details" grade, but it filled the hole in my "one cent per year" collection. I've...
Yes, it can, but it’s highly unusual and is really only seen on Mint State coins. The detailed picture, which dhows the holes in the toning, makes...
@Spark1951 is right. The sharpness of this coin is better than VG. The “LIBERTY” can be weak in the middle and make VF because the die is higher...
My impression is that this is a grey area. The mint system was ready to give up on the Standing Liberty design because of all the problems they...
Please take this the right way, but the coin is corroded. Nickels turn brown or black when they corrode. Once in a great while, you will see some...
Congress has to act to end the coinage of the cent, and by the look of the news reports this morning, that process has begun. The mint is still...
It's probably worth a try. It's from an era when the top three graders don’t like this look. If it were from the 1866 to 1878 era, it might be...
I was thinking MS-63, Brown. It may have been brighter when it went into the slab. The key is whether or not it has hairlines from cleaning. If it...
That thing looks like it’s made of copper or bronze. The real thing is 12% nickel, 88% copper and has the color of the modern nickel. And, yes,...
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