That 1875-CC 20 cent piece is an example of the poorly struck pieces. That piece is lucky it didn’t get docked with “scratched” given the big mark...
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The Red Book I have all of them from the first edition. I always have one by the computer to look up stuff I don't memorize, such as mintages.
The real reason was that the western state silver lobby wanted to government to buy up more of their excess production and support the silver...
Here are four pieces from my nine piece collection. No, I don't have an 1876-CC. The ninth one is a circulated 1875-S that I put beside a...
There was a period when it was out of print and worth $100.
I spelled wrong because I was on an iPad. You type something and darn thing puts in something else that's on the left side of the word suggestions...
Bremen’s book is still the best for everything, but if you are interested in the individual Proof coins from the 1936 to 1942 era, Roger...
More than a few come here with a coin they picked up in the parking lot that had been run over a dozen times asking if it is a valuable mint...
Wow! Still making the same mistake 80 years later! He “cheated” out of 5 cents and gave you a coin that was probably worth $5 or $6 back then.
I have been attracted to this series since I was a young numismatist in the 1960s. Back then I strived to get the four made for circulation...
1805 ... The last of the early half dimes. [ATTACH]
My favorite Civil War Token die sinkers, Mossin and Marr. John Marr made almost all of the CWT dies for this firm, and his work was first-rate....
Purchased this week. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I had been looking for one of these sets at the shows for a few years. The trouble always was that the...
This is easily the lowest grade item in my collection. It was made from iron plates that were on the CSA Virginia a.k.a. The Merrimack. I have...
That price sounds very high to me. I’ve seen boxes of dateless, off-center strikes priced at a dollar or two apiece. Look at it this way. Such...
The question is, is it dirt that can be easily removed, or it is silver corrosion which is a problem. I can't tell by the photo.
Given the fact that coin is graded VG-8, the rim issues are lot less important that they would be on a higher grade piece. Do you wish that they...
I don’t care about the color on the 1881-S Dollar. That’s my right as a collector. I am interested collecting coins for their history, not dealer...
The purpose of CAC is that it is supposed to help you avoid NGC and PCGS graded coins that are over graded or those that have been “worked on” too...
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