What you are talking about is "coin turn" versus "medal turn." Most coins have the dies aligned so that the designs are in the proper position...
I found it! Here is the 1873 With Arrows Half Dollar that I once owned that was AT. I hope I didn't break any rules here. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The year 2014 marked the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Half Dollar. In honor of that, the mint system issued five commemorative Kennedy Half...
Here is part 2 of the article about the Kennedy Half Dollar that I started yesterday. The big news for coin collectors in 1968 was the...
The seller’s photos make it look like it’s AT. Sorry. I once owned an AT’d 1874 With Arrows half that looked like that. I might have photos....
Was that the show where he was looking to buy a Panama-Pacific octagonal $50 gold for a client? If it was, he was probably given free airfare and...
Greetings fellow shut-ins! My wife is really depressed. Easter is usually the time when the family got together. Not this year. My father in law...
Probably MS-63 on the holder. I'd say MS-62 for my own grade.
I sold the first one to a well known dealer in U.S. coins for Gray Sheet Unc. money, something like $800. So he must have viewed it as an Unc. My...
Given the quality of the first piece you had, I would have been looking for an ungrade. but I know the motivation for doing it. This is a U.S....
When you go the first time, it might be like that. The atmosphere and its reputation are great. The trouble is if you were going there in the...
It is a dime. I have no idea where she got it. She loved to shop in second hand stores, and there was one right next door to her house. She had a...
Leave it to a collector to be spending money during a financial crisis! Here is my latest purchase, a 1902 Edward VII coronation short set. This...
My grandmother was born in 1883. She was a coin collector of sorts, and was always looking for coins with the date. This was the one she had, a...
That is an interesting response. I was thinking that it was one of the Head of ‘95 varieties, but the relief was too high. The “COPY” punch mark...
Yea, it costs that much. At a certain point the grading fee becomes dependent upon the value of the item. I think that sucks, and I think it...
Yea, if I want to pay over $2,500 before I am ready to sell it. Years from now PCGS and CAC might not be what they are now. At a certain point,...
The only question is, is the early or late die state? In this case it’s the more common late one.
That is a very nice medal. I had not seen that one before.
Don't hang you hat on the CAC coins. One of the last big deals I was looking to make on a U.S. coin was for a CAC accepted MS-63 graded Classic...
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