Point taken. My math skills are leaving me in my old age.
The 1870-S $3 gold that Eliasberg had was the one with the loupe. It had been removed. That piece is polished and has a date scratched in on the...
The Three Dollar Gold Piece was produced and issued for many years, from 1854 until 1889, but the it was never popular. The U.S. Mint System only...
This is not up there with some of the previous pieces, but I didn't pay much for it. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
After getting "rolled" in the auctions, I was able to buy this 1937 Two Pound Proof coin via a private treaty. The NGC grade is PR-65*, but my...
He will buy it in if it doesn't sell for what he wants. He owns the auction company
I would rather have one of the two other Choice Mint State 1794 dollars and use the excess to buy an 1802 half dime and a California gold slug....
Believe it or not when I was a dealer, I cherry picked an 1864 Small Motto Two Cent from another dealer. In my view a dealer should know their...
The 1802 half dime, which would complete my collection, which include the Red Book varieties.
If there had been any 1922 cents struck at the Philadelphia Mint, they would have had had sharp devices, not mushy letters. Here are photos of...
Although I will never a Jackson cheerleader the was Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. was, he did have his good points. - He introduced the American...
I am sure that those tokens were financed by private individuals. Whether or not they did it through the party apparatus is had to say. My guess...
Throughout my years as a collector, I have seen these types of messages many times. The auction houses spend more time stroking the consigners...
Today political commentators talk about candidates and those in office who are constantly saying and doing things that “appeal to their base.” It...
The die was made with a mint mark. The trouble with this die was that it was pushed beyond its limits, and the mint mark was filled in or even...
Just as it was elsewhere, counterfeit from China. It’s from the same vintage they were selling years ago in full sets, all of the “coins” bad.
I heard the same story years ago except it was over a $20 bill. It shows what inflation has done to the value of money.
If you got an upgrade, it would be no more than MS-61, which gets you nowhere. I agree with Physicsfan. It could come back as "cleaned." It's got...
This "manufactured Gallery Mint counterfeit" was made from a Gallery Mint Chain AMERI. piece which is why I posted the AMERI. oberse here. My only...
I also collect political items, and the buyers' fee and sales tax is even worse on those. The buyers' fee is 25% and the sales tax is 8.5%. That...
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