Unless you need to find one cheap, I would stay away from that one. The type can found in decent grades like VF, and it’s not hard to find. This...
I gave up on keeping up the modern commemorative coins five years ago. It's just impossible to keep buying this foolishness. It's really worse now...
Both are long gone. I have worked on a set of the early half dimes since the mid 1970s. Like many collectors have been lucky many times with the...
When were coins graded (or rather no graded). About 12 years ago.
The question of whether or a coin will get a straight grade from a third party grader is sometimes a subject for conjecture. It is a well-known...
This one is one of the two 16 star varieties. This one came back from NGC in a VF-20 holder. My grade was that is the best Fine-15 on the planet....
It looks genuine to me. The 15 star obverse variety is never well struck, especially the detail of the eagle's feathers on the reverse. Here is a...
I usually stick to just the kings and queens when I add coins to my British collection. In this case I made an exception because this historical...
AU It looks like it has a light over all rub. The mark on the chin would not make it an AU.
That one is graded MS-65. It is really nice. I got it for a little less because it is NGC graded (the “wrong company”), and it has no green bean.
Since the 1907 High Relief coins had to be struck three times to bring up the design, the alignment and the dies had to be precise. Otherwise the...
When I first came on this site, I was informed that the hammer struck Briitish coins were called "ancient." I was ready to put them in the foreign...
I acquired this 1562 Milled Six Pence a couple of years after I wrote the essay above. This piece is higher quality that then later hammered six...
Here is Part 2 of the Tudor Dynasty Edward VI was groomed to be king from the time he was born. He was blessed with superior intellect and was...
Here is an essay I wrote a couple years ago for my local club. Perhaps you will enjoy it. Henry VII, 1485 - 1509 The Tudor Dynasty began in...
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