A little advice. You have to be careful about handling Proof coins, especially bronze and copper pieces. They are very delicate and can be...
I think there is button somewhere in you profile where you can turn the notifications on and off. I turned mine off because I get too many emails...
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We are probably going to end up with more stuff than we want for the 250th anniversary. Could the coin set be something like 1996 Atlanta Olympics...
Roger Cohen entitled his die variety book, “The Half Sisters” because they were at the bottom of the list for any benefits the mint gave to other...
Die states are not die varieties. Different planchet stocks could be viewed as varieties of a sort, but if I were still active in half cent die...
I am glad that my interest in modern U.S. coins is very limited. I over pay for the one Proof set I buy each year, and I have over paid for the...
I take those type of photos too. I also have "dead on" shots, that show no luster, which make the coin look worse than it is. Here is an example....
I was a collector in the 1960s. There was a bill in Congress, the Bible Bill, (Bible was the name of a Nevada Senator) which would have given the...
Sorry, but it looks like NGC is now also in the “glamor shots” business, like PCGS which has its “True View” pictures, which are anything but...
There is no such thing as a red, well circulated coin unless it’s been cleaned and therefore can’t be given a straight grade. I can’t understand...
When I consigned two Confederate notes for grading, I was told my membership had expired in 2016. They told me that was okay because I had an ANA...
Here is genuine 1872 Seated Dollar with the Motto. This one did not get a straight grade from a third party grader because it was said to have...
Mint State but the scratches, especially the one on Jefferson’s forehead probably limits it to MS-62. These coins have to sing and dance to be...
Since the pandemic, it seems that just about every coin is obsolete, including the quarter, which used to be the workhorse. Everything seems to be...
I hope the mint continues to make the cent for Proof and Mint sets as it has done for the Kennedy Half Dollar and other coins. The cent has...
Almost all Proof coins were struck at the Philadelphia Mint, with no mint marks, until 1968. Therefore having no mint mark is the norm for this...
That’s worst counterfeit Seated Dollar I have seen. It needs to have “In God we trust” above the eagle on the reverse, and all of the design...
I don't know what all of carping about "market grading" is about. I started to learn to grade from the old Brown and Dunn line drawing books when...
I had to buy an NGC membership to get a couple of Confederate notes graded. It looks like that offer has been gone for while. Grading fees are...
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