OOPPS! I forgot to post pictures of the $100 note. It's up there now.
All of the 1861 notes had blank backs except for the $5 note by Jules Manouvrier. It had a back, but it wasn't very impressive. The Confederate...
It was the treaty that never happened. it referred to treaty of peace between The Confederte States of America and the United States States of...
In my opinion, Collecting Confederate Paper Money by Pierre Fricke is the best one. He is a dealer who knows the market, and he is willing to cut...
The $50 Note This note featured Jefferson Davis president of the Confederacy. Like all of these notes, it starts to become scarce in EF and...
During times of stress, and sometimes during of poor management, nations have resorted to issuing fiat paper money to pay their bills. Modern...
Here is an "red" example of the 1864 Conderate $500 note. By this time the printers were running short of red ink. Sometimes they added water to...
There are some interesting monetary lessons to be learned from collecting Confederate currency that have nothing to do with taboo subjects. Money...
EF-45? Grade-flation. The OP coin has too much wear for the EF-45 grade. The "LIBERTY" is a bit weak from wear, and it's obvious that this coin...
They are worth a quarter apiece. The mintages on these coins was very high, which was good thing. It let every citizen have a keepsake from the...
It looks like a pretty good deal. The great thing is none of them were minted in China. You really have to watch that these days. Just because...
The slab grade is probably EF-40, but it's a VF-30 to me.
The only altered date large cents that worth anything to collectors are the well done 1815 pieces. For those who are not familiar with the cents,...
Was it an 1881-S Morgan Dollar? If it was, they can grade those very conservatively because so many of them are very nice.
You really have to get to MS-64 and higher to have a "nice" or high grade Connneticut. These coins were sold to collectors who knew how to...
I don't see a Proof here. It looks frosty to me. I'd go MS-65. The grading on these could all over the place years ago, and this is an old holder...
Before looking at the end, I voted MS-62. There are many fine hairlines in the fields.
Stressed out dies. Nickels are very tough coins, and they can chew of dies like crazy. It was a big problem in the 19th century. Mint workers...
I have done the "one coin at a time" thing with the 1936 to 1942 sets, but I've had the 1950 to date sets in the mint holders for a long time. The...
All of which is true, but there are a lot of scratches on the obverse too. These nickel coins are hard as nails and held up very well in...
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