Corrosion on copper-nickel coins is often black, but it can also be tan or brown.
Here is an 1878-S eight tail feathers Morgan Dollar. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Sadly, you can't just buy Morgan Dollars with total confidence any...
These World War I and II items are not very expensive. I think that I have about $200 in the whole the collection. Naturally the World War I item...
That is perfectly normal. The Lincoln Memorial statue has always been visible on the reverse of the Lincoln Memorial Cent.
Some Morgan Dollars had eight tail feathers in 1878. Part way through the year, the design was modified to seven tail feathers. There are coins...
Here is a World War I service medal. James Frazer, the artist who designed the Buffalo Nickel designed this piece. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here are a few genuine World War II service medals. American theater [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Asia [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Europe [ATTACH]...
When I was kid collector in the 1960s, it took forever to get anything new. The Lincoln Memorial cent came out in 1959 at the beginning of my time...
How do you make any money? If you don't put Proof coins in the fake holders, the only people you are going to fool are totally ignorant. If you...
Dipping any coin in less than Choice AU condition makes no sense. When you dip a coin, you are looking to enhance the luster. When there is no...
Here is my lone Caracalla. You have to admit that the reverse in interesting. This is a common piece. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Over the years, I have seen some very sloppy grading for modern coins. Quite often MS and PR-65 have not been good enough for me. I often have to...
Whatever he looked like like, the brain inside that head was truly sick. Nero was a really nice guy compared to him.
That is an interesting list of “good emperors” although it leaves off a few names. You might consider Caesar Augustus, Vespasian, Diocletian and...
I used the Zander Kawalas (sp) list of emperors and worked from there. One needs to have goals and some limits. I know that my way collecting does...
A couple people have already posted one of these Philip and Mary shillings in better condition, but if I had been an English citizen at this time,...
I had one like that many years ago with the blue toning. I was in my 20s and thought that the coin was a cull. I broke up the set. When I opened...
If you are going to throw up a price like that, the least you can do is have microscopic pictures that show the doubling.
It has Ch VF to EF sharpness, but the surfaces are pitted with corrosion with some of the corrosion still on the reverse. The net grade would be...
Given the value of most of those Proof sets, it would hardly be worthwhile for the counterfeiter.
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