"Sweating gold” in bags is an age old practice. You put a bunch of gold coins in a bag and shake it up for a while. After doing this a few times,...
I have a vague memory of these turnpike tokens, and remember buying a roll of them at some point. Still the design shown in the photos did not...
It also happened in in 1841. Van Buren finished his four year term; William Henry Harrison lived for only a month in office; and then John Tyler...
I would say some were in the MS-63 to 64 category. It has a lot of very small field surface marks. That was the drawback to the incuse design. The...
I believe there are, but there would be a good reason for that to happen. The mint continued to put out 1964 dated 90% silver coins in 1965. It is...
Proof 66, Red. It may or may not get a cameo. The Cameo designation is always dicey and inconsistently applied.
The Early American Coppers Club was founded by Herb Silberman and Warren Lapp. They started out covering only the early large cents that are...
Like I said, I am not a full step Jefferson, full bans Mercury or full bell lines Franklin person. So I don't have a definitive answer for you. I...
I bought the coin in the holder, so I am happy. I had paid a fortune for raw, and had it graded, that would been a different situation.
The 1807 half dollar was one of Reich’s early pieces. I would say that they are similar.
The $5 is one tiny rub away from a great coin. It was struck as an MS-67, but has a tiny rub in the obverse field. PCGS called it MS-61. Stacks’,...
Do you know that he “signed” his dies with a notch on 13th star on his silver and gold coins? The notch disappeared when he left the mint in 1817.
It’s an NGC MS-65 and is as nice in person as it is in the photo. Thanks!
You may as well if you are convinced that it 90% silver. It's the only way you are going to get big bucks for it as an off-metal piece.
The coin appears to be 1971-S 40% Proof Ike Dollar. Those coins were not sold in "mint packages" with other coins. They were sold as singles in a...
It has to be 40% silver clad. The core was 20% silver and 80% copper, but it frequently looks like silver. the two outer sides were 80% silver and...
I don't have much in the way of Prohibition tokens. The only token I have was from the 1888 presidential campaign. Clinton B. Fisk was the...
My collector’s mind runs in cycles. Since I collect by type and tend to “fly over” many different topics. I will get interested in some things and...
I agree with @JoshuaP completely. It might be ugly, but burying the truth does not erase the truth. Here are two examples. I remember that Rick...
A great many collectors are drawn to the 1907 High Relief $20 gold. I have called it the most common, very expensive U.S. coin. The mintage was...
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