I have been fascinated by the Twenty Cent Piece since high school. Back then I collected all the pieces in the collection that I could afford,...
First gold coin issued by the New Orleans Mint. [ATTACH]
I have been putting together and exhibit for Winter FUN which includes this coin in the Proof and Uncirculated formats. It's the 1993 World War II...
If you want to collect gold, @Jim Dale, I would consider other sources other than the mint. Their prices have always been high relative to melt,...
I don't like it, but maybe it's just me. Here's a real one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I thought it was too high when it was $1,800. Silly me. :cow:
No, no. It was the 50 piece set of early commemorative silver, not 50 Hawaiian half dollars.
Sorry, but this one has never been high on my list so far as artwork. It was designed by Adolph Weinman's son. This one is only an MS-63. I...
Here's my piece. It's an NGC graded MS-64. I bought this when I was a dealer. It was part of a 50 piece set that I bought. I ended up feeling...
A lot of these coins were stored on the islands where it is humid. Therefore they frequently are toned. The Dole Pineapple Company had a...
One of the arguments for using the Sheldon grading numbers was that it put an end to using the imprecise language you noted above.
For those who have not been around forever, the 70 point Sheldon scale was set up as a pricing shortcut tool. Each Sheldon large cent variety had...
It is probably worth getting it authenticated. Although the piece, if genuine, which I think it is, would get a "details" grade. There are...
I think all of us agree that the piece in OP has been cleaned. The trouble is I don't see a cleaning pattern that comes from sliding on a poker...
Here is an example from PCGS Coin Facts in a similar sharpness grade, VF-20. I am not sure about the rims on your piece. They just don't look...
No knowing much about the size and scope of the show, predicting what to take is not easy. In general I'd take anything you you are sure you want...
I voted AU-55. It definitely has some light wear. I see a pattern to some of the marks on the reverse, but I don't think that it's bad enough to...
The great thing about the Iowa commemorative half dollar is that it was distributed fairly. There was no "out the backdoor" nonsense for "favored...
Here are two tokens, with different finishes, from the 1936 Roosevelt re-election campaign. Note the New Deal images. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I agree. There was no need to collect those coins back in the day. They were made to bilk collectors out of more money. It was one of biggest...
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