I have a fairly large collection of 19th century political tokens. Therefore, finding a really interesting piece that I don’t have is unusual....
I voted MS-66 for what is on the slab, but my personal grade would be MS-65 because of the left obverse field. The tiny disturbances there might...
It has the look of the Chinese counterfeit American Silver Eagles that came out three years ago. Definitely bad and probably not made of silver...
Look at the obverse closely. There are a lot of small marks and the overall surfaces have wiped or smoothed look. Generally the grading on these...
I save images of counterfeit coins and use them to warn other collectors on the Internet and in club presentations. I think all collectors should...
With the $20 St. Gaudens, you can get wear from stacking the coins, which was common practice when the coins were counted.
The grading on $20 St. Gaudens coins can be all over the place. That's why you have to buy them in person if you are really looking for great eye...
To give you an example, I think that the grade on this coin is conservative, but it's only in an NGC MS-62 holder. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Despite the generally low montages, you can get a nice, certified Mint State example for not that much money. Generic gold is really cheap now now...
VF-30. Many 1806 and all of the 1807 Draped Bust Half Dollars were struck with shallow dies which limited some of the finer design details. The...
AU sharpness. The obverse appears to have been lightly polished. It may have been used in jewelry with the obverse facing up. The reverse suggests...
It is also sometimes called a "trime."
Wow! That is quite a collection. The last piece I needed was the 1796-7 Draped Bust, Small Eagle half dollar. That one is a bear.
Here is a genuine 1776 guinea. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
There was a lot more involved when NGC made that decision. I, for one, spent many hours building my registry with photographs and write-ups that...
People asked me why I didn’t stand in line in Baltimore to buy the reverse Proof American Silver Eagle. “You could have made over $1,000! My...
But he’s sending it via First Class Postage! :wacky:
I call True View photos “glamour shots.” Do you remember those photos from your high school yearbook? A poor girl with acne who had a “pizza face”...
I bought the State Quarter Christmas Ornaments for Delaware (my home state) and Massachusetts (my wife's home state) cira 2000 at a Hallmark...
What you have are corrosion spots, and there is not much you can do with them. In some cases you can push the stuff off with a toothpick, but...
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