The coin looks like a CAMEO to me, but I have found that the cameo designation is inconsistently applied. As for the green bean, I have no idea...
Here are couple more Civil War related pieces which are not classified as Civil War tokens. [ATTACH] This piece was issued after John Brown...
Back in 1943, the cent was more important than you might imagine. The economy was also far more active than it had been during the Great...
If a 1943 cent is bright and shiny, it does not have original surfaces.
Most auctions don’t offer that option. Harlan Berkeley is one of the few. Some complain that his prices are too high, but it’s also a fact that...
I don’t need to contact him; I know him very well. The fact is my 10 grand worth of purchases is not enough to convince him to change his business...
I HATE eBay because of that. I want this hobby to be fun. EBay is THE PITS because of that. Why mess with a venue that makes your life miserable?...
I refuse to bid in eBay auctions because of the “one cent rule” and snipping system. Life is too short to mess with that.
And in very rare instances, the fellow who might have outbid you forgets to bid. I've forgotten to bid in a couple of auctions after I noted the...
That piece does exit. It's listed in Rulau Hard Times Token 1832 - 1844 book as HT 82. I knew an old gentlemen when I lived in New Jersey who had...
Most historians agree that slavery was the root cause of the Civil War. Yet, the subject appears on only a few Civil War tokens. There are also...
Yea, right. You do realize that there are only, I think, three examples known of the American version of that. The British version is much easier,...
If you have access to a projector and a laptop with “Power Point,” you might consider downloading some of Jack D. Young’s photos of counterfeit...
I hate auctions. I bid in a political items auctions, and I was the underbidder on all the lots that I didn’t get. I tried to buy a Julius...
The Chinese can’t just be pleased with making a totally fake 2021 Peace Dollar and slab. They make it into a “first day of issue” as well. It...
The government hated they too. The government took millions of them out of circulation. I remember seeing pictures of large numbers of them...
I have a high graded, high priced early U.S. coin that is bent and straight graded. How did that happen? Was it too rare to fail? Maybe. Yea, I...
It is tough to spot that it is bent from a photo.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is a complete set of wartime cents. Capital Plastics never made a holder like this to my knowledge, probably because the...
That one is original, but the zinc is oxidizing as it is prone to do.
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