It looks genuine to me.
“Uncirculated” is an unfortunate term because it sounds as if the coin has never been in circulation. Yet a coin can be found in your pocket which...
The obverse photo is a bit too dark. The reverse looks like an AU-55.
I think they did better with their grading years ago, but now it's graded to their market. The worst example I ever saw was Panama Pacific half...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is an antoninianus of the Roman emperor Valerian (ruled 253 to 260 AD). The reverse shows Valerian in military attire,...
And I know that you don't want to give John Reich credit from designing anything. I am sorry, but that really makes me angry, and I needed to get...
Sorry, clearly over graded. This one is graded MS-64. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is the box that housed these coins. The fact that it is made of...
Sometimes the grading services refuse to give an opinion when there is too little left to be sure of one. They will keep your money, however.
When a piece is this damaged, most collectors won't pay much of anything for it. These days, another factor is authenticity. Although you might...
Even if it is a 1909-S Lincoln, it's not worth much of anything.
MS-63. You can’t ignore the big mark by the bell tower on the reverse. If the color really is as funky as it seems in the photo, it might go...
My copy became a "lose leaf reference" very early. I have seen examples that have held together somehow. This seemed to be a problem with the...
Because problems with red copper never go away. They are eternal. That’s why I don’t like it.
If the Dansco has cardboard in it, that could be the start of your problem. In 60+ years of collecting, I have never stored Proof coins in those...
It costs money to return stuff to the mint. When I was a dealer, I came to the conclusion that it was throwing money after bad.
Sorry, but I am sure that picture was posed in someone else’s library. Breen was quite “unkept.”
You don’t really know if a coin or variety is rare until you put the information out there and have collectors check out what they have. I don’t...
I am not a VAM guy. I have the book, as I do for many things, but I don’t collect them. As for the coin, my grade would be MS-63 or 64. The...
This is why I almost always go to my local dealer and pay him a minor premium to get the annual Proof set for my collection. The mint does put...
The short phrase is “piece of junk” if you are hoping to ever get your money out of it. You are free to collect whatever appeals to you, but this...
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