I have collected these books for the pricing information they contain, and to see how collectors of generations ago viewed some of the coins. I...
I have not had much luck buying any of the other three gold pieces. Even the last half sovereign, which was not even a cameo, brought moon money...
Here is another article from the archives. I wrote this in 2014. I've been working on a very general collection of English coinage. My goal has...
Unless you are an expert, you NEVER buy key, frequently counterfeited dates like the 1916-D Mercury Dime, uncertified, even you can see the coin...
It is natural, but those "carbon spots" would kill it for me.
It is a smooth AU with no big marks. It remains to be seen if it gets a straight grade if it were to be certified. The luster is dull, and the...
A shipwreck is a bit different. Those are usually the result of an act of God, unless it's human error, such as two ships colliding. 9/11 was an...
With a lot of auctions, not much of anything happens until the moment the item comes up for bidding. Then the numbers go into orbit, especially if...
Here is the piece in my collection which is NGC graded MS-64. [ATTACH] The man depicted on the obverse is John Pell who owned the land upon...
The best thing you can do with it is to educate others about how to spot counterfeits.
I have a complete set set of Red Books (not all of the varieties) from the first edition to 2020. The book was a better “pulse of the market”...
If you do buy one, make it a nice example. They generally come in high grades because collectors bought and preserved most of them. The sinking...
Or not. Back in the day many collectors viewed those World Trade Center surviver slabs as "blood money."
It's Saturday and the lots I won in a recent auction are taking longer than I had hoped to arrive. When you are old and in lock-down, you look...
I have a complete set of $2.50 Indian gold coins in a Capital Plastics holder. They range from AU to low end Unc. I wanted a certified, high grade...
The smart dealers are in business to build a strong repeat customer base. You do that with honesty and demonstrating that you know a lot about...
That has been the way of the less than ethical dealer world for longer than I have been a collector. Buy in one grade; sell at a higher one.
They must have missed this aspect of their website. They put the announcement on the Coin Dealer Newsletter. It will be hard to back off from...
I used to mark certified coins that were solid or very nice for the grade “PQ.” This was before CAC existed. I cracked the coins I thought would...
Paul Mansfield designed the 1933 Franklin Roosevelt and the 1961 John F. Kennedy inaugural medals, a remarkable 28 year spread in time. [ATTACH]...
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