And so cheap to buy. You can get sets that are over 50 years old for less than $10. But not the 1956. The silver coins in it melt for more than...
Here is a little more information for you. The Philadelphia Mint began to use steam driven presses to strike coins in 1836. To make that work,...
One of my favorites, an 1864 copper-nickel example with some color. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And is a Proof I have for the Bronze cent type. [ATTACH]...
There is no way that you can improve that coin. You can only make it worse. The best thing to do is to leave it alone.
Unfortunately that takes too much time for the TPGs who are looking to process the coins as much as possible. What collectors don't realize is...
If there are any P Mint coins from the SS Central America recovery, they would undoubtedly be circulated coins that some of the passengers had...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Now I can post the pictures from SS Central America site!
Here are a couple of photos of the sea bottom that you might find interesting from the SS Central America. Sorry ... I just got a new desktop...
Gold coins can fair fairly well on the ocean floor if they are in the middle of a pile of coins and are protected from the ocean currents. Coins...
The Grey Sheet says it’s worth $8,400 with the gold foil label. There are a lot of these coins, but if you are a type collector who is looking...
I have been hooked on early U.S. coins for many years. I started buying seriously circa 1974. The 1805 dime, which is my avatar, was one of the...
One piece of aggravation could come from purists who think that bullion date ASEs need to be in MS-70. When I was a dealer, I set up next a dealer...
This year buying modern coins has become totally miserable from the mint unless it’s a total dud, like law enforcement commemorative coins. For...
That is because the first mint made more copper coins, mostly large cents, than everything else.
I remember that show when the late Tom Lacey started it and ran it many years ago.
I am much more interested in coins dated before 1900. The older the better for me. I collect modern coins, but I have never paid really high...
The old time rule of thumb used to 1% on an overall basis. That number was raised if there were any known hoards. I am surprised that the half...
I know some collectors like wood grain coins, but I avoid them. That’s especially true for me if the streaks are pronounced and interfere with...
I know that NGC does keep tabs on the coins they have graded. The piece may have crossed to another grading service, and they found out about it...
If you are paying EF-45 money for it, it’s no investment because it’s over graded. It’s really a high end VF. I have a Fine-15 example of this...
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