It's curious that you would overpay that much just to toss the guy a bone. The grumpy old guy who runs my LCS would still be grumpy regardless.
Nothing screams "Buy me!" quite like crappy photos taken in your motel bathroom. [ATTACH]
Somebody paid $1175 for it. It looks like horrible PVC damage to me. What cracks me up is the image background, with the safety swabs and a tub of...
I have zero interest in anything the mint sells, but they seem to be popular. I don't have anything against the popular stuff like Morgans,...
Nice! Such an amusing story with America's first commemorative coin. People paid double face value for these right when the Panic of 1893 hit,...
That was nice of them to leave the 1894-S as a punch out. No gaping hole that way. Seems like these were all pulled from circulation? Imagine when...
Try zooming in about 30% and hold your phone farther away. Mine focuses much better that way and yours might have a sweet spot too. Nice Pilgrim,...
I'm curious how you define "proper storage." These coins have been in the same 2x2s inside an album page since 1972. Never dipped. If this is what...
I dug it out. It's not magnetic, rather hefty, has a nice ring to it on a hard surface. Maybe it's really copper. About the size of an Ike.
The only thing I can think of that I have that fits the category is this "business card", but I think it might be copper plated. (It's not...
For this particular coin my question remains - why? I guess the answer is no reason other than people would pay more because other people say...
And the bartender says... oh wait, you changed the theme. There are other reasons for slabbing besides resale, like letting your heirs know what...
Maybe a lowball collector will weigh in on that aspect. It's authenticated as a 1916 and clearly about as low grade as you can get, which is why I...
That's awesome. Yours is a lot worse (i.e. better?) than the PO01 posted above. Why bother sending to PCGS? Just curious what your reasoning is...
Let's not forget Pareidolia. Combined with the obsession with errors, pareidolia has produced some very entertaining forum threads.
Another bit of trivia - from the monthly coinage records you can decipher that at least in the years 1896-1906, they minted proof sets quarterly...
That was the first thing I noticed. When the coin arrives I would check that area carefully; it may have been done to disguise a rim dent. I've...
Seems like you could publish a catalog!
I think a postal note was like a money order. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_postal_notes. I see there were also postal note stamps,...
The Newman Numismatic Portal is a treasure trove of this kind of stuff. I recall a letter where they were paying for a proof set with stamps....
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