No. I would be very leery of that one. In 1890 the thick, copper-nickel planchets had been obsolete for 26 years.
I mailed my package this morning, December 4.
People criticize me for having no direction. Others call me "a walking encyclopedia." Either way, it's just my way of having fun. I collect...
[ATTACH] Everett is most often remembered as the guy who spoke before Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery on...
If you can keep consumption under control and make prudent investments. I some people who have had incomes far higher than mine who are now...
The answer is simple. Collector popularity. The same is true for the 1907 High Relief St. Gaudens $20 gold coin. Probably as many as 10,000 still...
My Cadillac CT-6 is supposed to do something special when you get it up to 115. My old brain can’t remember what that is. I’ve only had it up to...
My brother in law has a Bentley. It’s an older one, model year 2006 or so. It has a 12 cylinder engine and is super smooth. It puts my Cadillac...
The show started in Miami, I believe, in 1956 and has grown tremendously since then. Orlando is the spot for the show, which most people prefer....
I have been lucky enough never to have lost a coin, token or medal in the mail, but I heard a sad story about one. The finest known 1873 Indian...
These sets have sold for premiums in the past, although I don't understand why. Usually collectors don't give a hoot about mint packaging. They...
This was during a transition period at the mint. When the old large cent went by the boards, the mint wanted to issue something that looked like...
I did not vote a "10" for anything. My highest vote was for the Gobrecht Dollar at an "8." There were a number of modern coins that can be...
It should be an EF-45, but if it was graded recently, AU-50.
When I was a dealer, I saw Trade Dollars that had a chop mark or two that were straight graded by the top two services. The mark was “hidden”...
In a way good news for people who have gold. I have quite a bit, but it's almost all numismatic gold that sells for a lot more than melt. That...
Here is a 1796 over 5 half dime. This was the very first overdate coin that the U.S. mint issued. This is the worst one that is in a slab, the...
Here's a piece of advice you can take to the bank. When you see an offering for a coin with bad photograph that does not give you a decent image...
Here is a 1941 Proof Dime. [ATTACH] Aside from the 1942 to 1945 war nickels, the Philadelphia Mint did not have mint marks on their coins until...
Here is one of the primary reasons why I bid on the Heritage lot of six Lincoln tokens, the piece with the Union ironclad Monitor on the reverse....
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