GM = Gallery Mint Gallery Mint was a private firm that made copies of U.S. coins using the same minting methods with a screw press that were used...
I don't think that I will get into collecting ancient Greek coins to any great extent, but I did want a Athenian Owl. I purchased this one at the...
The thing you need to do is to be able to spot mint luster. You need to be able to distinguish mint luster from cleaned surfaces. That is not...
If this is for a type set, the 1881-S is a lot prettier and is quite common.
The grade is correct, but the 1891 Morgan is hardly a coin you need to do handsprings to buy. Morgan Dollars from the early 1890s were often not...
The obverse of the "dollar" in the OP looks a lot like the pattern for the $50 gold piece or "half union." Here is a picture of that piece from...
It's a Virginia half penny, and it was issued on the eve of the American Revolution. They were authorized by the British crown and are dated 1773....
The thing about the classic commemoratives is that they are available in such high grades. I have a complete 50 piece type set on the NGC registry...
Yes, that cut out Hawaiian half dollar is really sad. That was stupid and unnecessary. The others might have been issued that way to boost sales.
I read a post a day or two ago from a disheartened modern Proof set mint site buyer who wrote that he was busting up his sets and spending the...
Labels can move on rare occasions in PCGS holders, but in this case the “coin” inside does not look to genuine. The mere fact that the serial...
Here is half pound piece that appears to be from the same era in gold. NGC graded this EF-45. I agree with the S-2466 attribution. I think that...
VF-30 What @YoloBagels said.
Here is what I use almost 98% of the time, when I use a glass. [ATTACH] And RARE occasions at home ... [ATTACH] Sorry about the sideways...
Here are two tokens from the 1876 presidential election. They were made by the same token maker who tried to add some issues to the election...
It's a lot easier to make yourself poor than to make yourself rich, or even remain rich. Managing investment assets is a major challenge,...
Old time EF-45, "New time" AU-50. The $650 asking price is too much regardless of what you call it.
Actually it has "deep, golden toning," probably from being dipped long ago. It's in an NGC old fatty holder which is probably close to 30 years old.
The idea of the U.S. Government selling bonds to the Federal Reserve to create money to fund its projects is a new one. In the past the Government...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The Capital and Capital style holders provide good protection so long as they were not contaminated with some impurity before...
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