This Buchanan piece was issued many years after the Civil War and after he left office. In the last months of his presidency, seven states left...
Harding should never have been elected president, but he was not the worst president. James Buchanan and Franklin Piece who supported the slave...
Anthony Wayne, Francois de Fleury and John Stewart The Battle of Stoney Point July 15, 1779 Stony Point was the site of a fort on the...
That 1796 marke "Replica" is such a bad fake that they would not be able to market it as a real coin. I guess they are cutting their losses on...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] General Horatio Gates The Battle of Saratoga October 17, 1777 The American victory at Saratoga was the turning...
I don't usually do this, pushed to the top. I will cover the other Cometia Americana medals over time. This is in response to the interest...
I was at a Boston show in the 1980s. A dealer had a Libertas Americana medal in silver. He wanted $5,000 for it. Today it's over $100,000
I have never been a fan of most shipwreck coins. I think that many of them are massively over priced. A certificate of authenticity and a woodern...
Unfortunately, you would have to jump in your time machine and go back 30 years. When I bought mine in the late 1980s, Stacks' had a Gem Unc....
Yes, it is part of the Cometia Americana series. It is a set of medals that were awarded to heros of the American Revolutionary War. The...
Demand for a coin, token or medal is FAR more important than supply. There could be only one or two examples of something, but if nobody wants it,...
Better date Indian Cents - here are eras and date and mint mark combinations. Cents dated from 1866 to 1878 plus 1908-S and 1909-S. Semi-key...
A counterfeit for sure. The digits in the date are off, and that’s just the start. I almost got stuck with a fake 1904 double eagle in the 1970s....
I am looking mainly to take close-up pictures of coins and process them. I tend to need white balance help with the camera that I have.
This counterfeit Pillar Dollar was offered at my local club's auction a year or so. The consigner gave it to me for educational purposes after I...
I have been using the Microsoft Digital Image Suite software for processing photos for years. Now my software and computers are becoming obsolete,...
I remember that I was maning a club table at show for a while. We were offering free opinions on coins that people had. One woman had one of those...
If it is raised above the surface of the coin, it's a die crack, which this is. If it is INTO the coin, it's a scratch, and that usually is not good.
I have a small group of about 15 to 20 pieces that a fellow club member gave to use for educational purposes. It includes a 1908 American Silver...
Among collectors who have and will spend money on coins, Morgan Dollars are by far the most popular series.
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