Have you ever been to a party where the host was dividing up a cake or a pie, and you felt that you had been short changed on the size of the...
The Spanish Milled Dollar or eight reales are called “pieces of eight.” Sometimes they really were made into to pieces of eight, which was a way...
The older Proofs could have been placed in most anything. It is my understanding that the older Proofs were sold wrapped in tissue paper. In quite...
As Clark Griswall said in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" "GONE!" when the squirel ran out the front door. If that was only picture the...
Yes, that's the way to do it, but if you don't have an old laptop with some life left it it, you are toast. I have a camera for which I paid over...
The "true color" of the coin really depends upon the light source. My favorite is 100-watt bulb although I know those are not made any more. In...
But sold out the back door to promoters who soaked collectors who wanted to buy it. Collectors who tried to reserve one for $1 from the commission...
I have one Mega Red Book I bought cheap years ago because it was outdated. That’s all I need. I have a large number of the die variety references...
I have a complete year set of Red Books. I don’t have an of the varieties except for a couple my wife and received at a FUN anniversary banquet...
Angle shots can work, but you have to move the camera around and pay attention to what is in you viewing window. If the glare is in the window, it...
Even with these problems, these coins cost more than lottery ticket. Most dealers know what they have when they sell raw problem coins. The...
One of the TPGs, I for get which, put this one in a body bag (no grade) years ago. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It won’t get a straight grade. It will come back as “scratched.” @physics-fan3.14 is right. The EAC people will want this raw.
To me the announcement that the mint personnel could no polish the concave areas was an excuse, not a statement of fact. The outside mint...
The big scrape on the cheek takes it below MS-63. My grade would be MS-61 tops. That mark is really distracting, and MS-63 graded coins should not...
There was talk about the Washington Quarter becoming a one year commemorative coin, but I don’t think the government was serious about that. The...
Adjustment don't affect the grade, but they do affect the value. I once saw an early U.S. gold coin that was an AU, but it had heavy adjustment...
It might come back as a "details" grade coin, but not because of the minor rim issues. I don't care for the color, especially above the eagle's...
Please limit your questions to one or two coins per post. You will get better and more answers. Having said that, here are my observations. The...
The Hoover administration stopped the commemorative coins from being issued as long as it was in power. Once it ended on March 4, 1933, the first...
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