Grading has gotten worse in the last 25 years. There is a reason why people gravitate toward PCGS Old Green Labels and NGC fatty holders. The...
Given the fact that I am a generalist, a well versed dealer advised me that I didn't really need RIC. I have the five Sear books, and I go to...
That could be too. The photos a out of focus when you put the strong glass on it. It's also got a couple of those little grey pitted areas on the...
I don't think so. The fields are rather cloudy, and the surfaces are really chopped up, especially on the obverse. It's one of those coins with...
Yes, it's similar to all the guys who wanted to call themselves "Max" when Diocletian decided to retire. The way most of then ended up, they...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I have others, like the Type I and Type II Gold Dollars, but they are in individual slabs, not albums and stored in...
No I've been at this for a while. Aside from some obscure usurpers, I have at least one coin up to Constantine the Great. I need to up date my...
I bought several Roman coins at the recent FUN show. One of them was this silver siliqua which bears the portrait of the emperor Valens. For me,...
The calculated mintage for this 1796 No Stars Quarter Eagle is 963. The reason I say that is because the number in the Red Book comes from the...
I just won this one for taking second place in the "Miscellaneous Items” category at the recent FUN show exhibits. It's in an MS-64 holder....
I grew up in Delaware, but never had much to do with the northern part of the state. Coins shows were really rare for me when I was high school. I...
The Type I could work, but it's really small.
I had been looking at a Roman gold Aureus for some time, but the prices! It seemed that any piece that looked half way decent cost 5 figures. This...
Here are my two pieces. This one is the "pointed rays" variety. It's one of the New York Bank Hoard pieces which are fairly common in Mint State....
There are two main types of Feuchwanger three cent tokens. The one that everyone seems to know about has a large eagle on the obverse and is quite...
I was hoping that I could buy a three piece set of these coins, but if the mint plays games with the stupid privy marks and the distribution...
Thanks to @Steven Shaw for leading me in the right direction with respect to the attribution of this token.
If you really want a “pinky ring,” I think that the Type III Gold Dollar is the best. The Mexican two and two and a half peso coins might be the...
One thing that makes PCGS look better than it actually is is the crossover factor for U.S. coins. There are many collectors who are obsessed with...
Here's another one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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