The simpler the design, the easier it is to counterfeit. The portraits make counterfeiting harder.
@gmarguli, after I calmed down, I will give you this answer. "Give me a break!" If that's your "professional opinion," then it's wrong. If the...
Salk appeared on a commemorative coin in 2015. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Lewis and Clark were honored a century apart. 1905 Lewis and Clark...
Okay, here's a link. https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4627834-003/65/ You can get nice close-up view of the coin with the "+" magnifier. No...
My grandmother had an 1883 dime love token too. It was her birth year. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The prices are really high. You can buy many of the older commemorative coins for less. The mint has really turned into a "silk stocking"...
A Proof is defined by the country that issues it. A Proof-like is usually a non Proof coin that has reflective surfaces like a Proof. For...
Yes, he did the country a favor when he abdicated. Here is one of the main reasons. [ATTACH] Edward admired Hitler and wrote some papers that...
I have working on a collection of coins that feature British kings and queens from Alfred the Great to Queen Elizabeth II. Edward VIII poses a...
I was buying coins back then, and an MS-65 graded 1794 cent would have cost you a lot more than $500 if it had any legitimate claim to the grade.
The 1924 Democratic Nation Convention required over 100 ballots to select their presidential nominee. The battle was between New York Governor, Al...
The coin celebrated the nation’s sesquicentennial. Washington and Coolidge were the first and most recent presidents at the time. The Democrats...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The three and five cent notes, which were part of the Third Issue of Fractional Currency, were very small and apparently did...
I think that Joseph Robinson was alive when this piece was issued. If he wasn't the dates were very close. At any rate he was the Senate majority...
Spenser Clark, who developed the wet printing process, put his picture on this five cent Fractional Currency note. It caused the uproar noted in...
Calvin Coolidge was alive and in office when this coin was issued. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The outpouring of grief during that period was incredible. I know because I was in junior high school at the time. Trying to block the JFK half...
The auction firm in question was not known for conservative grading when they were active in the industry.
I would say MS-65, maybe 66. I am interpreting the darker areas on the high points as envelope toning. I don't see an MS-67 here.
I have never been an Overton book fan, and I've owned several editions of it. The trouble is it used to be the best available, but now that has...
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