Some things that coin doctors do to coins to get quick results don’t stop. It looks good to some for a while, the process keeps going until the...
I vote “natural.” That’s one of the ways the toning got there on the pieces that are natural. Storing the coin in an envelope made of paper with...
No, the modern commemoratives have been out there since 1982, and they are still dead as a hammer. I have the vast majority of the modern...
Prices were higher circa 2012 than they were in 2020. Coin prices do not always go up with time. I got caught in that correction too, although I...
I find the number of offerings that the mint has to be mind boggling. For that reason, I am going to try and limit my purchase the current year's...
Unless you want to put it into a registry set, I'd leave it alone for now. Crossovers are a bear. You will also certainly need to crack out of the...
I've been at this for over 60 years. I will give you a couple of pieces of advice, and then I will leave the issue alone. #1. If you are looking...
In that grade, with environmental problems, it's hard to tell if it's a planchet flaw or a bit of corroded metal that was dug out of the surface....
I think that the ANS has been in New York City since it was founded in 1858. FUN will have over 600 dealers. It’s hard to believe that you will...
Yes, the grading services can say “no grade” one time and straight grade the next. I’ve had experience with that, but in this case, the cleaning...
I think you mom may have gone over the piece with silver polish, going mostly in an up and down direction. I seen fine lines running north and...
I received a National Geographic publication, “Hidden London, Digging Through the City’s Buried Past” for Christmas. On page 39, it cited “Roman...
I don't like New York City any more, although I lived close to there in the 1970s. Crime, hotel and meal costs are a huge concern. For those...
NGC does a very nice job with grading Roman imperial coins. But since I like my coins raw, I don't have a lot of them. I do have a couple of...
I would like to get a coin for each of the British kings that are on my list, Edmund the Magnificent (939 to 946) and Eadwig (955 to 959) and...
I would like to finish a date set of the 1839 to 1857 cents in the near future. The varieties are too minor for me, and I've learned from my half...
Every old coin like this has a value and a price. As long as you did not overpay for it, it is a perfectly reasonable and enjoyable addition to...
19 volumes of this series. [ATTACH]
I have 19 of them. They really are bargains because a lot of the information in them can be found in other books that cost a lot more. There must...
This was the most expensive coin I bought this year. [ATTACH] I bought this because finding the Flowing Hair type half dollar with this much...
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