That 1872-S counterfeit half dollar is one scary devil. Here is a genuine piece taken for the PCGS Coin Facts Site. [ATTACH]
Consecutive serial numbers indicate that the coins were submitted as a set. You must have bought them as a set.
And Morgan Dollars are bigger. In U.S. coins, the bigger the better, usually.
And your get loss carry-overs from year to year.
I have a much larger budget that most collectors. Still I think it's all relative. In my previous example, I thought that $147 to get three items...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I have dabbled with a "colonial coin type set" for years. The one Nova Eborac copper I have is high grade. I bought this one raw...
For a collector, that might be good advice these days. The wait times have become very long, and the costs, including shipping, have gotten very...
I have to admit that I generally prefer PCGS. I think that their holder displays the coin more nicely, and their grading is a little more...
Almost EVERYTHING seems to have gone down from that period. I bought some scarce, high priced 18th and 19th century coins during that period, and...
In the early to mid 1960s, putting away coins by the roll was very popular among collectors, investors and speculators/hoarders. The Coin Dealer...
Many Proof 1950 and some 1951 half dollars have rather frosty, not mirrored finishes. You need to look at a number of Proofs from this era to get...
Only the 1955 box sets had a date on them. The others were plain. Dealers or collectors wrote the date on the boxes after they received them.
OOPS! I forgot to finish this. 1957 Proof Set, Mintage 1,247,952 [ATTACH] This marked the first year that Proof set production exceeded 1...
It used to be that way years ago, but not now. I've discussed this issue with two accounts and gotten the same answer. You have got to have X...
If you are not going to learn how to grade coins, you are never going to "get rich from hobby." Even if you do learn how to grade, "getting rich"...
Here is an example where the smallest amount rudimentary knowledge would lead you to avoid an obvious fake. This is a counterfeit 1916 half dollar...
AU-53. There is a fair amount of mint luster left on it, but also a fair amount of wear.
The concerns expressed in the OP about counterfeits are real. Counterfeits are now appearing more often than any time I can remember during my 63...
@Cherd, when pricing coins and other collectibles, demand is far more important than supply. You could have something that is unique, but if no...
My thought would be leave it alone. You might like what is under the crud even less.
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