If you go back to the 1940s through the 1970s, Andrew Jackson was an icon. His reputation was build considerably by the book The Age of Jackson by...
The best way to learn to tell the difference between mint errors and post mint damage is the learn how coins are made. That way you can more...
If it wasn’t damaged, and most of them are, that was pretty cheap.
NGC VF-30
This was the mint's first tentative step in getting back into issuing commemorative coins. The facility issued large numbers of them so it's not a...
The 1792 half disme is a regular issue coin because of George Washington's 1792 message to Congress about a "small beginning in coin" where he...
It actually depends on when it was graded. When I started out as a dealer in the mid 1990s, you could find coins like this with minor marks in...
Since others have posted parts of their type sets, I have decided to post my half dimes. I have been a huge fan of the early half dimes since I...
Yes, I agree with that. The fact that the coin pleases you is more important than the grade on the slab.
Unfortunately the Gobrecht Dollar is considered to be a type too. With a mint of 1,000 in 1836 and 600 more in 1837, many think of it as a regular...
My Claudius coin comes with a portrait of his dear fourth wife, Agrippa the Younger, who fed him a nice plate of poisonous mushrooms. She was such...
After accessing access to the EBay auction, I have to say that coin looks incredible for a New Orleans Mint from the 1890s. Is it worth $49...
Gone! Try to post photos if you can instead of links. It helps us more.
You don’t have to be a millionaire to afford a denarius of Caligula. I spotted a couple at the 2020 Winter FUN show in the $5 to $6 thousand range...
The trouble with this design is that it was executed in low relief. On some coins, the reverse can be especially nice. When you swirl it under a...
I have always liked the Sesquicentennial coins although some dealers don’t like them at all. The 1926 fair in Philadelphia was a financial bust....
Yes, so far as I know. So far as you comment about the price realized on the Pan-Pac award medal, it's not surprising. The prices I noted in the...
Here is the Pan - Pac medal that you see most often. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Some purists would call this piece "white gold" although it has mellowed out in recent years. [ATTACH]
The vast majority of those catalogs don't have much value. As a result, many of them have ended up on landfills. I used to have many of them years...
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