The quarter was from the Spanish dollar, which was divided in 8 bits. The quarter was 2 bits, which was a slang term until that last 40 years or...
I have been looking for one of those "20" counterstamped Twenty Cent pieces for years. I had my chance in the 1970s and didn't take advantage of...
Why didn't the Twenty Cent Piece work? Here is the short answer. People had trouble telling these two coins a part. They had similar diameters....
My grandmother was born in 1883, and she was always looking for coin with that date on them. Among her accumulation was this dime love token....
I have mostly one coin for each emperor from Julius Caesar to Constantine the Great. I still have some holes that will never be filled such as...
When I was a kid collector and was looking to maintain a set of Kennedy Half Dollars, dealers wanted more for a Proof single Kennedy than the...
I think that your best buy is to purchase Proof sets in the original government holder. Look for sets that are not toned. The coins should all be...
Here are two examples. This one was issued by Aye's Pills, which is by far the most common merchant. This one still has some of the silvering...
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This 1858 Flyer was my type coin for a number of years. PCGS bounced it back to me in a body bag for "AT." I was angry about that to say the...
Coin collecting in America got started in 1857. Prior to that, there were very few collectors. The inspiration was the passing of the large cents....
It seems that Orlando has become a “hot spot” and cases are up, which is not surprising given its tourist draw. You are also dealing with an older...
The sound pictures seal the deal. Take the $300 and run.
I don’t care for purple spot on Lincoln’s neck and the color mix of green and purple on the reverse. The colors are rarely seen on original copper...
NGC would be the better choice, but I think you will be wasting your money. It might come back AT.
The things have “COPY” in them so they are legal. There’s nothing eBay or anyone else can do about it.
Roger Burdette wrote that the claim $3 gold coins were made to buy 100 postage stamps was not true. He cited that they were produced to facilitate...
$2.50 gold coins were more of an east coast coin. If you look at the Red Book listings, you will see that the Denver and San Francisco Mints...
Not that tiny. The $2.50 was the same size as a dime. In the early days of the mint, the same reverse dies were used to strike dimes and $2.50...
I don't think that the mint would do that today, but I have heard stories that guy with connections supplied silver to the mint which the facility...
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