A local dealer wants $28 for junky Morgan and Peace Dollars. That makes it impossible to offer them as door and paid drawing prizes.
Only so many varieties can be listed in The Red book. It was never intended to be an encyclopedia on die varieties. It is a general, quick...
The 1853 weight reduction was due to a relative increase in the price of silver to gold. The 1873 weight increase was done to get the silver...
The 10X glass is used to detect counterfeits and cleaning hairlines. It is also useful when you are looking at a very high grade coin. When you...
I don’t disagree, @Paddy54, but the fact remains that the images from the 2020 riots, where the participants were filmed coming within the shadow...
I can’t go any more. My wife does not want to got to Baltimore because of the crime problem.
It’s not a matter of “letting it escape.” It a matter of how it got through the review system. Generally the larger the coin, the less likely...
If that’s all you can find wrong with this coin, consider yourself lucky. Milk spots are a legitimate complaint, but a tiny mark like this isn’t....
The stemless reverse that was used to strike that coin was the most durable die ever used to make half cents. It made the 1804, Plain 4 Stemless,...
Here is a genuine 1864 Confederate $100 note. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is a Sam Upham counterfeit. [ATTACH] And an example of the genuine...
PCGS is not noted for being one of the better TPGs when it comes to die variety attributions. I think that NGC is better, but as we noted with...
As many of you know, I also collect political items, mostly from 1824, when Andrew Jackson issued a significant number of political campaign...
"Pay the bearer one cent" This is fairly common, but oddly enough, I found it hard to find a nice one. This was when I was dealer so I was going...
Statue of Liberty Bicentennial Medal in gold. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1901 official McKinley Inaugural Medal. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here are two I have in my type set. The 1796 Quarter in VF-25 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] An 1807 in AU-55. This is in very low relief and a bear to...
Proof Coins.
No, the Capital Plastics holder is not from the mint. The whole thing with the sticker and box look like something from 50 years ago. The 1956 set...
The highest price it will ever realize, unless the price of silver goes to $50+ an ounce, is the price you pay the day you buy it.
I now buy one silver Proof set a year to keep up the string. It's a quick way to keep up with an annual date set. The trouble is the mint is...
Yep, can't wait to go. Yep, flying is the pits. My wife and I had to go to Massachusetts for a funeral. When we got back, we decided that we are...
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