I started collecting when I was 10, so you are a few years ahead of me. The trouble with displaying your collection is that the wrong people...
You are looking for something that is best left to a very reliable local dealer who knows how to spot counterfeits. The trouble with...
Recently I ran across a 1967 issue of the Numismatic Scrapbook magazine in my files. The magazine was a favorite among collectors from generations...
There was coin in the current auction that interested me. It had an “x” scratched the field. The cataloguer even mentioned it, even the coin got a...
Having been blown away in the latest Heritage auction of pre-1066 British coins, I am wondering where these cheap coins are.
From what I have seen, they are retreads. They take the old Indian Peace Medal or presidential designs and reproduce them in silver. I once had a...
The two most common $10 Indian dates are the 1926 and the 1932. They are very common, but the grading on them can be lax. You really have to watch...
Now and then you can pick up some deals on the 1907 No Motto type. The coin tends to be lightly struck and sometimes the luster is satin and...
Buy a common date graded by NGC or PCGS, grading MS-63 or 64. Look for smooth surfaces and good luster. This one is graded MS-64. [ATTACH]...
Here's the 19th century version of the Millard Fillmore medal you posted. [ATTACH]
I think you get the "orange hoodie" when you have a lot taken down by the eBay management because it's a counterfeit. As for Thai counterfeit,...
It's hard to tell from those pictures. The dark streak on the reverse is a limiting factor for the grade. If it really looks like that, it's...
My experience with early copper and the grading services is colored by my experience with them 20+ years ago. The only coins that I had which...
Is this Civil War token a Lincoln piece? A majority of collectors say it's just an old man with a beard. The Fuld's listed the coin with the other...
It seemed like that program never got off the ground as a circulating coin. I thought that part of the trouble was the the economy was in deep...
I would say the slab grade is MS-62. In "the good old days" the coin would have been an AU-58. NGC gave this 1875-CC an MS-62. The reason why I...
Yes, I got a letter too. They still couldn't explain why they had to overcharge for the 2021 Proof set which had three less silver quarters in...
For what it's worth, here are some denarii Nerva [ATTACH] Trajan (Trojus?) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hadrian [ATTACH]
None of the above. I only buy holed pieces that were used as political tokens. In those cases the hole was required to wear them hung on a ribbon...
Here is the Lincoln Medal that Victor D. Brenner made for Lincoln. He showed an example of this piece to President Theodore Roosevelt, and the...
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