When I was a dealer, 10+ years ago there was a grading company that had a rounded bottom on their slabs. I think they called it a shield. I took...
Each to their own. To me this “first strike” stuff is a bunch of fluff. If those things are worth a premium, it’s a Ponzi scheme waiting to collapse.
Good one! And they say you don’t get no respect! :angelic: As I did in 2008, I will ride this out. This will turn around. I am holding a lot of...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is the NGC certified coin that is in my collection. I don't like the coin in the OP because of the pitting in the fields...
Keep the stocks, but do keep an eye on them. Coins are not a great investment at all, especially now. I have many “blue chip coins” in my...
Unless it’s a “vanity or sentimental” slabbing, it’s not worth it. Sometimes collectors get low priced coins slabbed to go into registry sets,...
I have been building a virtual "black cabinet" of counterfiet coins on my computer over the last five years or so. When I see one on a site like...
There are two sub-varieites of the 1805, Small 5, Stems half cent. By far the more common of the two (Although both are tough) is this one, C-3....
The one cent piece offers the most complete date set in the entire U.S. coin series. From 1793 to date, you can get at least one coin for every...
If it does grade VG to Fine, recent auction prices have been in the $7 to $8 thousand range.
Looking at this collection takes me back to when I was a kid filling a “Library of Coins” album. The Wayte Raymond pages go back to an earlier...
It looks like it has a partial wire rim on the left side of the reverse. Since these early coins were struck in an “open collar,” that is not...
Only date, which was added after the die was made, is doubled. As such, this is not a doubled die; it’s only a double punched date. These are not...
Here is the piece from my "12 Caesars" set. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If you like it, buy it. Otherwise pass. Coin collecting means you buy what you enjoy.
There is a market for these coins in the government holder. In that market the grade has influence, but is not as important. This coin is an...
The die variety is Cohen 9. It is an Rarity-2 which makes it pretty common The grade is Good-4 sharpness, netted down a point because of the pit...
It looks like an MS-62 to me. It has a number of minor scrapes on the obverse and the luster is muted with a hazy look to it.
Yes, they tend to run very high in hopes of pumping up the market. That's why dealers who try to get prices that are much higher than the PCGS and...
Well, maybe not mandatory but highly recommended given the large numbers of Chinese counterfeits that are offered.
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