Here's the one it took me 50 years to get. The 1796-7 Draped Bust, Small Eagle half dollar is the "holy grail" of type coins. I wish it were a VF,...
My experience has been that the very modern (1960 and later) coins graded MS-65 are disappointing. I knew a dealer who was selling MS-65 graded...
The third party graders don’t think that Proof coins of this era qualify for PR-68. Those that float on water grade PR-67.
I can't play until 1679.
If I get a 2025-S in my 2025 silver Proof set, I'll be happy. If not, I guess I'll have to buy a clad Proof set, which won't make me happy,...
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You can call something "rare," but if no one wants it, most collectors are not going to care. I have a couple little silver tokens that a fellow...
The Odd Fellows Civil War token. [ATTACH] "OUR CENT" This is a Civil War token. The idea was to get someone to accept it as a cent on a quick...
If people are paying a premium for that, it’s a waste of money for sure. Unfortunately eBay is a place where novices go to get stuck. The number...
If it missed CAM, it’s because of the reverse. The CAM” designation is given out inconsistently in my opinion.
I can remember when dealers were asking $1,700 for an MS-66, 30+ years ago. I paid $240 for an NGC MS-64. I paid $300 for an ANACS papers MS-64...
If I had to choose, I would take C. It looks like it has not been messed with as much as the others. I would be careful about this issue. In 15...
I was born and raised in Delaware and have a number of items which issued at the time that the half dollar was issued. Here is photo of the Old...
PR-66, Cam I will add the Proofs are almost impossible to grade from photos. When I was building my set old the 1936-42 Proof sets, I gave up on...
Finding a 1909-S-VDB was the stuff of Aespot's Fables in the 1960s. The only way it’s going to happen is if some kid gets into his parents’ raw...
I have said that the 1907 High Relief St. Gaudens $20 gold is the most expensive common coin in the world. Here is a piece I wrote some time ago...
I stand corrected. I think that the images were made on a flat bed scanner which created the colors that show on the reverse through the plastic.
Bad photos on the Internet are the stock and trade of those who sell counterfeits on-line. You are buying a true "pig in a poke."
You should check out the serial numbers of slabbed coins before you purchase them. NGC has pictures of a very large number of the coins they have...
Look closer. There is a dark spot on the lower right obverse of the fake. The reverse toning or color is completely different. The fake obviously...
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