The coin looks a little banged up for one that made it into a GSA Uncirculated holder, but it looks genuine to me. There are pieces that don’t...
Slabs have their place because of the counterfeit problem, but too many stickers is undesirable. Pretty soon you won’t be able to read the grade...
The sticker craze is the reason why I scaled back my U.S. coin purchases. If I like the coin for the price, I buy it. If I don’t, I pass. If it...
You have an original set of pressed wood 1876 centennial medals. The box appears go be in decent condition, which makes it better than mine. The...
At first glance, I thought that this may have been a half dollar that was struck on quarter planchet. Then I looked again and only saw that it was...
There were jewelry pieces that the fair organizers sold with Jefferson and McKinley dollars featured on them. There are also gold spoons with the...
Here's mine, an Athens tetradrachm, 440 to 404 BC. [ATTACH]
The mint issued a very new nice Lewis and Clark commemorative coin set in 2004. I am trying to figure out how to work that into it. Back in the...
Yes, my graphics could use a makeover, although I don't care for those guys who pay a professional to do their printing and design for them.
Sorry, but the coin is the OP looks like "a better coin through chemistry" to me. It would be a firm pass on my part.
There was a link to an article on the PCGS site that the idea for the Flowing Hair medal has been shelved.
I am nowhere near done with it. If it does work, I might show it at Summer FUN. I do have one that is done for Winter FUN. It will cover the...
I have been working on an exhibit of the Louisiana Purchase and Lewis and Clark commemorative gold dollars. The inspiration for the Jefferson gold...
I wish I had a good local club. I don't.
It was easier to see coins from the Smithsonian collection in the 1960s than it is now. Far more of the collection was on display then. I know...
The latest major example of a museum or other entity mishandling items is the DeWitt collection of political items, including tokens. DeWitt left...
It seems to me that NGC dropped the CAC bonus from the registry points. It seems like the few pieces I have with the sticker are no longer getting...
I have dreamed about coins but rarely. Unfortunately, I have not been able to bring any of them back with me. :happy:
I am not a big fan of museum donation. Museums can be the best and the worst. If they display their items with informative write-ups to support...
I have had mostly a bad lifetime with auctions. A week would never bother me.
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