I have had very bad experiences with these cameras and have wasted over $500 on them. The trouble is every time Microsoft updates their software,...
If it is not stamped "COPY" or "REPLICA," it's not legal to sell it. That's the Hobby Protection Act.
Here are both sides of one of the "shoot him on the spot" tokens. The American flag on the obverse is obviously part of the message. [ATTACH]...
Here is the one from my collection. It has its issues, but NGC straignt graded it. The estimated population is under 30 pieces, perhaps as low as...
The "1800 dollar" is a counterfeit that has been in "underground" collector circulation for many years. One of the ways to tell a real coin from a...
Yes, very patient. They come up, but I have only seen a few nice ones. I had a no problem EF when I was dealer that I sold. A dealer had an MS-65...
There is an error variety of the Dix token that reads, “Shoot him on the spoot.” There are several minor varieties of this design.
N= Equals the die variety numbers that were assigned in book by Howard Newcomb, I believe in 1940. As a generalist collector, I get involved with...
When I was a coin dealer, customers occasionally asked me if there were any pro South Civil War tokens. The answer to that question is yes, but...
With the Mint it's either feast or famine. From time I started as a collector in 1960 until 1975, there were only two totally new coins, the...
The Great Depression killed a lot of Barber Coins. People had to eat. They could not afford to set coins aside to collect them. That’s what the...
No, if the mint wanted to do the right thing, they would provide these coins to all who want to buy them for a reasonable period. Whatever number...
Civil War token collectors call this piece, along with several other varieties, the "UN-patriotic." These pieces were called for a negotiated...
The first Philadelphia Mint had a terrible time with harding dies. If they stuck a red hot die in the water and sizzelled, they figured they were...
Not all over punched mint marks, like O over CC on a variety of 1900 dollar, were errors. Dies are expensive, and if there was a good one with a...
I'll pass on that one the same way I passed on the end of World War I commemorative coin. Celebrating the end of World War I is worthwhile, but...
Blue toning on silver? Sure. Have you ever seen your wife's tarnished sterling? If she still has any. The classic original Proof coins often...
I am sure that if back in 1851, a merchant, who had deposited 100 Spanish silver dollar for recoinage, got that bag back from his consignment that...
Yes, but it has been common practice for many years, before I became a collector in the early 1960s to soften the grading standards for better...
Don't say that to a certain professional grader about that. He and I have had "agree to disagree" discussions about that.
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