The FUN Show is my favorite. Just booked both air fare and hotel last night . . . warm climate in a cold time of the year, too many dealers to...
Correction . . . sales is the only language these dealers know.
Doesn't look natural to me, however it is probably packaging-related, as there appears to be a very rough correlation between color of toning and...
Before I knew how rare it was, I once bought at a flea market an 1853-O No Arrows half dime in a PCI Fine holder back of bid, and the coin was a...
It also depends on the composition of the soil.
By considering both Littleton and APMEX in the same aren't you comparing apples and oranges? One is primarily collector coins and the other is a...
If you mean exactly the same coin, as in (a) a beautifully toned coin, and then (b) the same coin with the toning dipped off completely, or worse...
Just received today . . . the coin is raw, grades XF, and is now confirmed to be a business strike, but . . . it's an open 3, and not the closed 3...
Someone should take a sander to the sander . . .
When buying or selling?
I don't have this coin in hand just yet. If it is a business strike, as described, I paid too little. If it's the more common proof, which it...
The importance of the corrosion is dwarfed by the retained details and the absence of individually distracting marks . . . I say it eventually...
All but the 1913 $10 Indian
Dies for the $2.50 Indians notoriously crumbled around the periphery.
Yup, its counterfeit. The tooling at the back of the Indian's neck is a dead giveaway.
VF30
I'd focus on a date which is represented almost exclusively by very ugly coins, and willingly pay a monster premium for one of the very few...
If the reflectivity of the gold-colored trim on the ringbox is any indication, the coins appears rather washed out, as if cleaned with a paste. I...
A very nice coin, probably VF20, and a slam dunk for F15. You have a good eye . . . I just wouldn't expect to find a lot more dates looking like...
Not before the FE cents came along, they weren't . . .
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