The total known used to be around 15. Now it might be 20 or so. There are now pieces that have gotten Mint State grade. That grade was not known...
The history of these Bust Half Dollars is that they spent most of their time in bank vaults as a back-up for the bank's currency. As such they did...
The price will be closer to $2,000 or more in my opinion. There are three varieties of the "Merriam & Company" Civil War token. That one is quite...
From my experience, which, I admit, is over 40 years in the past, Gold Dollars to do not do well in that type of album. They are too thin and end...
The way things are with silver dollars these days, you can't trust anything. The Chinese are probably approaching the survival rate for the real...
U.S. Silver Dollars from the 1850s looked like this. Sorry, I don't have an 1851 Silver Dollar. [ATTACH] U.S Gold Dollars looked like this. They...
Coins made worse through chemistry. They still have the melt value.
For me, one coin does it for all of the collections most of the time. Here is one of the few exceptions. [ATTACH] I have a certified 1908 I...
It looks bad. It has that "Chinese shoe polish toning" look.
VF-25, but it will probably come back as an EF-40. I always undergrade these things, and grade-flation makes up for the rest.
The coin on "Etsy" has hairlines, and is also worth about $10. One could see where he would be misled there. The $22,000 coin on the Heritage...
Here is one more appearance for our comical character, "POP," the bird with the head of a donkey. [ATTACH] This one is listed the book, Bryan...
I once saw an 1838 dime, graded by a major service, which had "Small Stars" marked on it. The coin was Mint State, and it was the less valuable...
I searched the archives of the Heritage site to see if they are sold any of these pieces. I got five results with prices realized ranging from $54...
Look at the amount of hair detail on the 1794 versus the 1795. The hair on the 1795 is much coarser. The 1794 is also in higher relief. As it...
I have seen many die variety misattributions on third party graded coins though the years. At times I have seen them get Red Book listed varieties...
I have commented about softer grading standards for key date coins. Then I had a professional grader reply that was true, that it is justified. I...
VF-30. From the provided photos, cleaned might be an issue, but it’s not 100% certain.
How many of them show visible undertype?
WOW! I just checked on eBay after a Google search, and those guys want from $399 to $499 for higher grade examples. It makes me wonder what the...
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