PCGS has a great deal more influence in the modern coin market than NGC. Some of that is justified; some of it isn’t. You can find coins just as...
I learn many things from coins, and they have inspired me to learn much more about British and ancient Roman history. I read that coins are...
It’s only different terminology as @GoldFinger1969 said.
I hope you are right. At any rate, Russia, with an economy slightly smaller than Italy, is trying to be “the mouse that roars” when it thinks the...
I admit to not knowing a lot about this, but design has late 19th century look to it. Sherman refused to get involved in politics (If nominated, I...
I agree with the AU-50 grade. Given grade-flation I am surprised it’s no higher.
Catalogers call it "an art deco eagle."
Very interesting. These early Proofs, before there were very many U.S. collectors, are quite exciting. The trouble is when it comes time to sell...
I didn’t write an article about this one, so I will just pose a picture. James Earl Frazer, of Buffalo Nickel fame, designed this handsome piece....
Here is what got me started on this collection. It was a "youth set" for the 50th anniversary of World War II. Sometimes the adults can learn...
Greetings, fellow prisoners! Today is April 104th. In normal terms that would be April 26, but since this month is 120 days long, adjustments are...
Maybe for most, but not for me. I have a small Civil War token collection of perhaps a couple hundred pieces. The big collections have 5,500 +...
Backing money with precious metal is not an effective strategy. All it can do is put a limit on the amount of money can be in circulation. That...
It's the rounded bust. The 1859 Indian Cent has the pointed bust, but since they all do, it doesn't matter. Here is an 1859 Indian. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It has some nice album toning after a dip long ago. It's what the late Boston coin dealer, Don Romano, called "original now." There is nothing...
I have collected a few date and mint mark sets in my time, but by in large I have become a very diverse collector. Some people say I have no...
[ATTACH] The recent discussion about the 1858 half dime with a counterstamp has inspired me to write about one of the few counterstamped...
If it were real, in Mint State it would be worth a 6 figure number. How many people do you know give away coins worth hundreds of thousands of...
For most collectors, counterstamps are damage. For a few, they are great if you can find out something about the company that put it there.
Not as far as I’m concerned. It looks like junk to me.
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