I am referring to the fake dusty brown and the flakey gray. I have never seen those colors on an original surface early copper coin. They don't...
It still has the fake "Chinese copper toning" on it, but the experts tell me I'm full of it. "Minor scratch on obverse." If only that were only...
Years ago PCGS had a bad habit of getting variety attribution wrong on the holder. They even got Red Book varieties wrong when the pictures in the...
I have to go at least MS-65, Brown with this piece. It has a lot flash and appears to have almost no problems.
Here is Part Two The big news for coin collectors in 1968 was the resumption of Proof set production. From 1965 to 1967 the mint had issued...
@Kasia, here are a couple of articles that I wrote about the Kennedy half dollar some years ago for my local club. Obviously you won't want to...
The second medal, the William Henry Harrison piece, is a good item, to the right person, is worth some money. It is listed in DeWitt - Sullivan as...
Yes, the bid is up to $4,738.89. I had one that had been lightly polished and recolored with something that looked like shoe polish when I was a...
Having the half cents and large cents come up dry is believable, depending upon how advanced your collection is and how narrow your searches are....
Here is that 1854-O Three Dollar Gold. The thing about this issue is that all of them are weakly struck to one degree or another. This is a PCGS...
I bought an 1854-O Three Dollar Gold Piece in one of those 30th anniversary PCGS holders. I liked the coin and the price. The label didn’t have...
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Looks like a VF-20.
Yes, I'd say that it's secondary toning after a dip, but it's still okay. When I was sending in coins for grading when I was dealer, I used to...
It's too many coins for my poor brain to process in one post. :( You should really have to hunt to find a mark on an MS-67 graded coin. It should...
It looks like an S-21 to me. I see traces of the second crack from the top of the head to "LI" in "LIBERTY." on the high grade pieces in the Noyes...
If all or most of those marks are raised, the grade is possible. If they are into the coin, I think you got a gift grade. Graders can be tougher...
It's a pass for me. This set is as interesting as watching paint dry or counting the love bugs who get in under my front door during their flying...
The way the mint issue prices are going these days, the 60+ year old Proof sets are cheaper to buy than the new stuff. I finally completed the...
Interesting write-up, @Parthicus. I wish that I have could have "Scotty beam me down" to the Baltimore show and beam me back when I was done....
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