The Whitman "Red Book" series is excellent. I would recommend these books for any topic that interests you. I have the book on type coins by...
When I was in high school, in the 1960s, I got into type coins, but Indian Cents were my first love. I completed that set, but got bored with it...
Not all hairlines are caused by clearing. They are thin marks that can be caused by simple wear. For example a coin might be slid across a...
Thank you @Spaniard. I spotted that Trajan Denarius at a show, liked the toning, and it was inexpensive. My primary objective has been to get one...
You have the right idea, @justafarmer. :happy:
Yes, the King of Siam set came to mind as soon as I read your previous sentence. The King of Siam set is the one numismatic item I value most.
You can't really keep sets like together in the age of slabbing. Unless a really wealthy person is into the history, many collectors can't afford...
Nowadays the cost of slabbing is part of the cost of making the coin marketable. If you have quality U.S. coins and you sell them raw, you are...
I have tried to attribute this piece using the Sear book and the ANS site, "On line coins of the Roman Empire." After entering what seems to be...
Maybe, but some of the letters move around enough to make you think that Robert Scot just did it freehand. Check out the lettering on the reverse...
I can spot the center dot on a number of my photos of early coins, but they are hard to see unless you are used to looking for them. Here is a...
I have always thought of “POP 1” as the highest graded coin of its kind that stands alone with no others in the same grade. I have not thought of...
The centering dot can be anything from a tiny spot that you can mostly see with a 10X glass on a high grade (AU or better) coin to a big dot that...
Agreed. The new Word wants to add more dashes than fourth grader.
Spelling and foreign languages have always been my worst subjects. I plead guilty. Whatever the spell checker approves, I often accept.
Can't blame you on that one, especially when most people can't tell the difference and sometimes the graders fall into that category.
It’s easy to get the late date Kennedy half dollars in DCAM and Ultra CAM because they are all made that way. The trick is to find the earlier...
It amazing, but the Chinese will take an absolute nothing, common coin, like a 1908 Indian Cent and counterfeit it. I guess time and labor are so...
The key for me is the expense of the set. A set of State Quarters has a hundred coins in it if you collect the Philadelphia and Denver Mint...
It has the earmarks of the correct counterstamp, the wear patterns on it are consistent with the rest of the coin and there is no flat spot on the...
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