It must have been a custom made holder with coins the collector didn’t have left out.
Both coins are nice for their grades. The weakness on the left side of the 1811 half cent reverse legend area is normal. The color and surfaces...
It’s a nice coin, and it has no buying power. So why not keep it? It was the first “S Mint” coin, with the mint mark, qissued for general...
I would take the claim, “first coin struck with this die” with a grain of salt. There is no way to prove that unless the Denver Mint did that the...
MS-65, Brown
The trouble with judging cleaning from pictures is that angle of photo can hide hairlines. I once had an 1853 With Arrows half dollar that had...
Here is one of the Bronze pieces that were made in France after the dies were re-created for the replacement gold medal. These pieces are scarce...
The most I have ever paid for ancient coins was for a Gordian I and Gordian II denarii. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
AU-55. I see evidence of circulation and not enough luster to grade it Mint State.
I had an 1865 that had some monster clashes. I wish I still had it.
I have not done that over the past five years. People come out of the woodwork to bid in auctions these days. They think they are "protected"...
Yes, that 19th century "mahogany finish" is great. Today we have put up with the “yellow bronze” sand blasted stiff which usually looks awful....
Auctions are usually very unpleasant places to acquire coins. The prices are often sky high, and collectors, who have looked for certain items for...
Ask the gold lobby. Logic sometimes means little in politics.
Not to me, but I don’t pay extra money for toners. There is a reason that the reverse is shown first. It’s artificially toned, but it looks nice....
I can understand that, but I would rather deal with almost any coin dealer than eBay.
According to Roger Burdette, the idea was that the $3 gold coin made sense when making change from other gold coins, like $5 gold. It had nothing...
Better still, you are way better off avoiding eBay entirely because of the hidden snipes that snatch the item from you after it as closed. EBay...
The last I knew, NGC graded moderns didn't bring prices any where near to what some collectors will pay for the same grade in a PCGS holder.
Here is the second piece I acquired from the DeWitt sale, a John Frémont ferrotype. A ferrotype features an actual photograph of the candidate....
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