Watch out for CAC because there is a growing number of collectors who won’t buy anything that is not CAC approved. They will even sell the coins...
Fake. It’s got bubbles of metal all over it. At $5 you got what you paid for. Unfortunately other collectors have not been so lucky.
I did buy the coin before the grade-flation started. Now, in order to have any hope of getting my money back out of it, I'll have to send it to...
Here are a couple of Draped Bust, Small Eagle dollars. If I could buy an entire collection that looked like this 1797 dollar, I'd do it. But if I...
I am a type collector, and one of the "sleepers" in the U.S. gold type set is the Type II Liberty double eagle (1866 - 75). This coin has the...
The people who grade coins at the major grading services are well aware of the price jumps that occur from tiny increases in the grade. In the old...
I think they net graded it for light silver corrosion. My grade would have been VF sharpness ... Despite the fact that the grading services said...
I am glad that there are better alternatives to the Overton book. Of all the books on early U.S. varieties, (Cohen, Sheldon, Browning etc.) it is...
It looks to be a 1918-S in Good. The Coin Dealer Newsletter says it's worth $12. It is genuine, and it's made of silver. That puts it well ahead...
Sorry, but what you have is worth much of anything. When the corrosion is that bad, the value is gone. There is nothing to clean because most the...
There has to be reason why some coins are common, and others are scarce or rare. It's been reported from multiple sources that John had over half...
Oh yes it is! The implication is that these things are Morgan Dollars with the full implication that the reverse is untouched and the obverse...
Yes, I was one of the 1.5 million vistors who saw the collection at the Philadelphia Mint. I am sorry that the mint did not get their collection...
Here is an Irish half penny of John, issued before he became the King of England. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] It is interesting to note that I paid a...
Here is the text from The Plantagenets, page 154: "The national coinage was recommissioned. New silver pennies, stamped with John's image,...
I have been reading the book The Plantagenets by Dan Jones. In one of the chapters about King John, who ruled from 1199 to 1216, he wrote about...
Here are some guidelines on the Proof sets. Most all of the Proof sets from 1968 (made at the San Francisco Mint with the "S" mint mark) to 1989...
Here is an example of actual piece. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] These are call the large planchet Pine Tree Shillings. They were struck in Boston,...
If you are looking to brighten circulated War Nickels, it's a waste of time. If you are looking at Mint State pieces, you might be able to get...
Here is the piece in my type set, which NGC graded MS-61. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I can't condemn the OP coin outright but the fuzzy look, the finning...
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