That Statue of Liberty silver dollar looks like it's had more done to it than just wear. It looks like it's been through a rock tumbler and dipped...
After the government changed the reverse of the bullion gold coins, I have been looking to buy a type set, hoping the bullion price would go down....
No I didn’t “do good.” I’m just old and had interest in U.S. gold coins in the 1960s.
I have to post this one. It's the only "old Proof gold coin" I have in my collection. The Type III gold dollars have the highest Proof mintages of...
The Mexicans did a good job at making a coin that was only 10% silver look like silver, at least for a while.
You have got to be kidding. The 1795 half eagle listed for $75 in Fine and $150 in the first edition of The Red Book. That coin, which is an...
They show up in major auctions, but not that often even at major show, which Baltimore is. The only other one I had seen at a show had once been...
I have a "short set" of Type III gold dollars from 1880 to 1889, but I'm not going to take the slots away from others by posting all of them....
It would have taken a long time to have gotten down to that grade, even though it's gold. That's a rare date, but it wouldn't interest me at all...
This was the "soap bar" holder coin I have bought in many years. This a minor gold type coin. It was Gobrecht's first take on the $10 Liberty. I...
The first U.S. gold coin was the 1795 $5 gold piece with the Small Eagle reverse. It was a red letter day when I found this piece at a Baltimore...
Collectors should know how some dealers treat collector sellers. Some dealers have a policy, “I pay less to the public.” Really? When I was a...
Coin collecting differs from gambling in one respect. I tend to hold to things long enough, and I tend to make money.
Here is the first piece of Classic gold I purchased, 1836 $2.50. I bought it in 1970 when I was college. [ATTACH]
My solution is to ignore a lot of this grading BS and enjoy the hobby. I buy the coins I like, almost all in NGC and PCGS holders mainly because...
I sort of have to ... [ATTACH]
The dealer rejection of third party grading did work in one instance. In the late 1980s, currency dealers go together and boycotted certified...
Yes Christian Gobrecht and others fooled with the Capped Bust design through the Classic Head Quarter Eagle series.
This Illinois commemorative half dollar was issued in 1918. This is sort of like cheating. [ATTACH]
Yea, it's copper with zinc coating LOL. Here's "a web" where some steel cents came from. I think I bought this a show in New Jersey back in the...
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