This is speculation, but it won't surprise me if some guy like Izzy Switt, who is famous for "boosting" the 1933 double eagles from the mint, also...
Yes, this is what it was like when I was a dealer. There were a lot of collectors who expected to buy a Grey Sheet prices. What they failed to...
I bought these two coins about 10 years ago for an exhibit of twenty cent pieces. I wanted to get two coins in about the same grade to illustrate...
One of the "6 figure coins" I mentioned is now one of the finest known 1804 dimes. It graded AU. I scraped together every penny I had. It was bid...
Here is the $5 gold beside an 1883 racketeer nickel. All of the pre-1933 half eagles had an eagle on the reverse. So that side should not have...
For that price it is a great buy.
The trouble with many racketeer nickels is that you never know when they have been gold plated. Was it in 1883 or was it last week? I have posted...
Here are two $10 notes with very similar designs. This one was issued by the Mechanics Savings Bank of Savannah, Georgia on July 1, 1855....
MS-64 with a shot at MS-65. It has a very clean cheek with is a big plus.
Yes, the $450,000 figure is probably close to what it will bring. I question the grade because the coin looks cloudy from that photo. If it is...
I posted this one on the PCGS forum. It is now in an NGC MS-62, Brown holder. I bought it from Gimbels Department Store in Philadelphia as a VF....
Here are the photos. The coin is bogus, and the color on the fake slab label is wrong. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is the message from the seller....
it’s nowhere near AU. It’s in the Choice VF to EF range.
Unfortunately when you say that “people were pretty honest and trustworthy” was exactly the time when whizzed and over graded coins were a big...
The old flat Pack Proof set holders from mid 1955 to 1964 did a surprising good job at preserving the coins. The problems come from having the...
Unless you are an expert, buying anything raw in U.S. coins is a risky gamble these days. I used to do it as a dealer because it was a way to make...
I will relate this story. When I was a dealer, I spotted a raw Classic Head $5 gold that was offered at dealer’s table. It looked good from a...
When you see coins like this offered raw, your guard should go up because a logical question is, "Why hasn't this coin been certified?" Quite...
The white balance could be off in the pictures. You can adjust that with programs like Adobe Photoshop Elements. The hot lights often give the raw...
The scratch near the mouth is to be expected for the grades offered so far.
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