One of the big problems with the half cent series is that there are big holes in forming a date run of them. There are little holes, like the 1798...
The point is, the first U.S. Mint (1792 - 1833) did not have the productive capacity to supply enough coins to the U.S. economy. People used...
Here is my first ancient, a denarius of Geta. I bought this piece in the spring of 1964 when I was taking Latin in the 9th grade. I bought three...
Here’s some information about the symbolism on this token. The “sub treasury” in the turtle’s back refers to that agency that did the Federal...
The Red Book has said the mintage for the 1856 Flying Eagle was 1,000. Some say it’s more like 2,000. Whatever it is, the coin is popular and...
I have posted the four pieces in my collection a number of times. Here is one I owned before I upgraded the Type III coin in my collection with a...
Until I saw that the seller was from Spain, I would have said keep bidding. Something has to be special for me to go through the hassle of...
I saw this set at a coin show many years ago and bought it because I thought it was neat. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And here is something that is a...
The trouble with marks that you see right away is that they tend to stick in your mind. Every time you see the coin, you remember them. That takes...
That 1856 shut me down. I have never owned one. I had a want list for one from a customer, but I could never find the right one. They seem to come...
The price would have to be attractive for me to buy a coin like this raw. As a dealer, I would have done it, if I was sure it was real, and the...
Not as much as you might think. The sutlers were in a high risk, high priced business for the time. Often the sutler would end up with most of a...
The stars and lettering were hand punched into each individual die, thus variations are the norm. There are only two known die varieties for the...
No, because the rust has destroyed the design features on the coin. There is nothing to clean because the oxidation has left nothing. The CSS...
Here are photos of a genuine example and the piece in the OP. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I see pits in the surface and chunks of metal. I think that it is a counterfeit. Here is genuine example shown in the larger format to enhance...
The obverse counts more than the reverse when it comes to consigning a grade. In this case, the obverse has an EF look to it. While the toning...
I have never tried that type of crossover. My perception is that you have two strikes against you when you submit a coin to PCGS in the...
The reason why the Type I reverse was changed so quickly in 1913 was that it was thought to be subject to abnormal wear. This group of coin...
And sometimes giving that AU-58 an MS-63 is just a bunch of bunk. Here's the coin that finally soured me on the high priced U.S. coin market. PCGS...
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