When I had my collection graded during the 1999 to 2001 period, the coins that got body bagged most often were my early copper pieces. I sold a...
AU-55. The reverse looks to be Mint State, but the obverse accounts for most of the grade.
When a copper-nickel corrodes, it turns gray or more often black. Sometimes you will see some green spots because of the copper in the coin....
It usually comes from long term storage in the canvas bags that held Morgan dollars for decades. Most of the coins were on the inside away from...
The instant I looked at that coin, it shouted AT. If you like it, go ahead and buy it. Since it’s been graded AT, you should get it at a discount,...
Proof singles have always been the more expensive option especially if you want raw coins for albums. The only reason to buy Proof singles is if...
The sharpness is well up there, like EF-45 or better as others have suggested. The trouble lies in the right obverse field.
Screw it! EBay sucks. Never ever again! It stinks to high heavens.
I will leave eBay to the snipers. It’s no fun at all to work with it as a buyer or seller. As a buyer, you deal with snipers and counterfeits. As...
They are my photos, and I didn’t Photoshop them because I don’t know how. I could have fooled with them with my old Microsoft photo program,...
I would not jump on him too hard. I have a sad story. I was manning a club table at a large show when I lady stopped by to find out what a coin...
I think that it is genuine, but you have to be carful with these when they are not certified. Believe it or not, the Chinese counterfeiters made a...
I am not up on the current prices for these pieces, but this one is not worth a great deal because of the amount of wear. My guess would be $10...
I bought one many years ago for $1. There are several dates, but the famous one is the 1944 with no mint mark above Monticello. This has been...
Yes, it's worth more than melt, but the 1853-D half eagle is the most common date in the Dahlonega series. Many of them were made from...
Here are a couple of those altered 1944-D to 1914-D pieces that were done with a little more subtlety. The fact that the obverses were re-toned...
A dealer had a piece in his inventory that I had considered buying for a long time. It was a Lincoln token. I was on the fence about because of...
Yes, that happens. Back when I was a dealer, another dealer asked to bid on some of his eBay stuff. "You won't have to buy it if you won," he told...
I used to buy on eBay if I knew the dealer. I don’t bid there any more because of the sniping. Life is too short to be made unhappy because of...
It was probably dipped at some point and not rinsed properly. Then it may have gone into an envelope. I have never been much of a coin dipper,...
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