This is no necessarily the result of "greed and egos." A great many rolls of cents were saved in the early 1960s. There was a lot of crazed...
You really need to post of picture of the coin you have before we can give you very information about it. Here is Elizabeth six pence which has...
Here is a certified example of the 1921 Morgan Dollar in MS-61. This is close to the lowest Mint State grade with MS-60 being the lowest. MS-60 is...
I purchased this Andrew Johnson Indian peace medal in copper at the recent FUN show. I like to purchase 19th century presidential medals when I...
I may of done worse, but my current regret is paying way too much for an 1877 Proof 20 cent piece. These pieces have really dropped in price after...
I find fixed price lists can to be more fun than a darned auction. All it takes is one other bidder to drive prices to the moon. The last time I...
The recent sales of U.S. commemorative coins have been very disappointing. Years ago there was a rule that the organization that was supposed to...
Very nice. I have not collected the coins for emperors’ wives except for the Severan Dynasty.
This double die variety is unusual. Most doubled dies are the result of the hub rotating between the three blows it takes to sink the working die....
The 1805 half cent is a slightly better date. Among the Draped Bust pieces, 1804 and ‘06 are the easiest so far as dates go. The 1802 (always a 2...
There was also a small box for the three piece set. I don’t have one of those. It was velvet lined in blue or purple. I forget which it is.
Here is one of the boxes. The famous one is the copper frame which is a collectors item in its own right. This also a collectors' item. [ATTACH]
I went to the Winter FUN show with a fairly open want list. I had my usual list, but nothing was standing out on it. Ultimately I ended up buying...
That is a very example of the Pan-PAC half dollar. This coin is almost never seen with original bright white surfaces. They are almost all toned....
When the time you got a 1797 dollar “in change?” If you are 150 years old, maybe. Otherwise this sounds like fiction.
At least they got the date right, but that's not good since it makes it harder for a beginner to see that it's a counterfeit. This die has made...
If you like dimes, here is the first one. [ATTACH] There are six varieties of the 1796 dime. The one with the die cud to the left of the date...
Here's the medal by Victor D. Brenner that got the Lincoln Cent started. [ATTACH] The Lincoln Cent was another of Theodore Roosevelt's ideas...
I could have returned it to the mint, but that was strictly on my dime. If the mint sends you crap, you have to pay to send it back. or at least...
Just to show you than not all of the 2009 Ultra High Relief double eagles are not made the same. This one is messed up because of die polishing....
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