Please, don't take offense, but to those who might have some dirty only copper coins, the "after" photos are not what you want to have in the end....
Here is a Nova Constellatio in VF or so. You can compare it to the piece you purchased. I never had this one graded because I figured it would...
There are a many reasons for this. If you are talking about coins from the 1940s through the 1990s, MS-67 coins are very unusual. Many coins were...
It's not my thing, but I can certainly appreciate it. I have tried to avoid collecting anything thicker than coin slab because of storage issues.
A picture taken from three feet away. Pass!
From what I have seen, a very large number of the counterfeits that make it TPG holders are in “details” problem coin slabs. Messing with surfaces...
My fascination ends with our collective ability to detect them. As for the counterfeits themselves, my opinion of them and the people who make and...
[ATTACH] I recently spotted this medalet in a political items auction, and probably over paid for it. Yet it had too many political...
The 1908-S Indian Cent was the first cent that was struck at a branch mint. It took an Act of Congress to authorize that. Very few collectors...
The vast majority of collectors value coins way over medals. The medal could be struck on an American Silver Eagle planchet and have the same size...
Here is a genuine, slabbed (certified) Trade Dollar. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The solution is the mint should make and sell the number of coins demanded, with a pre-set limit of say 100,000, for a specified period of time....
That one is a green label PCGS MS-65. It cost something like $3,600 from a major auction. The $20 grand price must have been for a Proof, which is...
Learn to say, "The hell with it!" It's a nothing coin anyway. The thing that gives it value is its gold content. What's wrong with this coin,...
The answer is “just say no” to mint products and concentrate on older items sold by dealers who are really interested in pleasing you. The mint...
The gold ones were probably sold "out the back door" before the site opened. The mint's record on the distribution of the "hot" commoratives is...
I agree with this. It's not genuine U.S. coin, only probably a proposal.
If you really love the hobby, you can start again. As for family who treats you like crap, you can forget them. People say you are obligated to...
The first Trade Dollar was issued in 1873. 1817 is just a little off. Once you get through that, we can talk about the surfaces that totally...
And three or four years later, most people won't care.
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