The pictures spend more space on showing the old wallet than the coin. That’s not a good sign. You would think the seller would have posted...
The shortage will end when the cent is eliminated, unfortunately.
My grade is VF-35, but most would call it EF these days. It’s got some odd toning which does not help the eye appeal aspect of the pieces. The...
The sharpness grade is VG. It’s produced been cleaned, but in the lower grades, that is less important.
For those who are not familiar with the No Drapery and Drapery type coins, here is why I say that the half dollar No Drapery type is not that...
The large cent has AU sharpness but darker and lighter areas which suggest a light cleaning. Compare it with this piece, which is graded AU-55....
I remember hearing that the mint did make some half dollars for release into circulation this year. Why I don’t know. It seems to me that coins...
The 1839 No Drapery half dollar is a specialized coin. I would say that most type collectors ignore it. Among the No Drapery type coins, the...
It had to be better than this one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I bought this one raw years ago from JJ Teaparty. We called it EF-45, which is accurate....
I would keep the piece that appeals to you more.
As a retired dealer, I can tell you that is mostly a fallacy. Unless an item is heavy and cheap, the successful dealer knows that there will be...
The really expensive stuff has gone up too. PCGS Coin Facts says my 1796 No Stars Quarter Eagle is worth $1.5 million. :woot: Yea right. :yawn:...
I bought a lot of expensive items during the 2010 to ‘14 time period. Just about everything I bought dropped in price. Now they are headed back...
$20 doesn’t buy much of anything in U.S. coins from this era these days. I was shocked to do $50 price tags on common variety Civil War tokens at...
It’s too early to predict the weather, but in general the temperatures should be in the mid to high 70s. If there is rain, it should not last...
I don't see any rub on that coin. Sometimes to the dies were not filled which left you tiny spots of unstruck metal on the high points. The only...
I was looking at the 1907 High Relief in PCGS MS-66, CAC....
Here is high graded 1852-D gold dollar, which shows the full "D." [ATTACH]
G-VG sharpness, but cleaned. Sorry.
Collectors only looked at dates until the mid 1890s. There was an article by a man named Heath who got the mint mark thing started then. If you...
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