I think so, but I have not been in the market for quite a while. I paid something like $35 for one I posted earlier 25+ years ago. Some items,...
That is probably a wise course of action. It makes more sense than paying a premium for the "first strike" foolishness, which is nothing by marketing.
it's had something done to it post strike. I have never seen one that was blurry like that. I think that it is genuine, but it's been abused.
[ATTACH] It looks like it's been dipped in acid or something like that. These pieces are made of aluminum or something similar. They are very...
I bought that one at an EAC convention auction. There is one in a current Heritage auction. The trouble it has been cleaned and is marked as such...
I wish I had pictures of all of my 1804 half cents. At time that I had them, I shooting photos with film, and most of my pictures were slide...
The best thing you can say about my representative Numerian piece is that the silvering is mostly intact. [ATTACH] Antoninianus of Numerian,...
I wish the Chinese could do this well with all of their counterfeits. :troll:
The 1804 C-3 ended my interest in collecting half cents be die variety. A ground salvage piece was offered to me for $7,000. I knew the game was...
I have always liked these "middle date" half dimes. They are harder to find nice than some people think.
Here is a CAC slip-up I spotted years ago. Here is an 1851 that is graded MS-63. It's a nice coin except for one problem. Someone scratched an "L"...
Here my 18th century early half cent types. Here is my 1793 half cent. This piece has a couple of rim issues, but the color is good and the...
As the OP said, finding the 18th century pieces in the median collector grades is hard. When you find them, they often have problems. This one...
The milled coinage was sharper, but the portrait was not what I would call flattering. [ATTACH]
It is surprising how weakly struck the portraits are struck on these coins most of the time. I bought this six pence because it was better than...
If you search the Internet, you will see the 5,501 number listed. I wonder if there was a net mintage. Did 500 sets get melted because they...
The 2020 Spink price guide and earlier editions.
Here is the 13th edition of the Red Book that my uncle gave me for Christmas, 1959. This and the two Whitman cent folders got me started as a...
I am sure this book must have the definitive answer: How many 1937 sovereigns were minted for the King George VI Proof sets? One source says...
Many years ago people knew the DuPont family had two 1804 dollars. They were robbed at gunpoint. It took years to recover the coins. When they...
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