You can’t buy a CAC approved coin like that for $70.
"Staight grade" means it gets a grade from the TPG without a qualifier. A coin that fails will have a note on the slab label that says, "Proof,"...
Your grading is way more conservative that the TPGs. The 1913 Matte Proof coins are graded PR-66. The 1936 nickels are all PR-67s. It's hard to...
Here is the Satin Finish 1936 Buffalo Nickel. The collectors didn't like them back then, and they have always sold for less than the Brilliant...
This is an educated guess comment on my part, but I’d say that Barber smoothed out the Buffalo Nickel fields because he thought that the coin...
I too have had coins improve over time to the point where they could be graded. The factor that really kills you is cleaning hairlines. Those...
I vote "fake." Curly Howard (The Three Stooges) died many years ago. The color looks too vivid, and the hair does not look consistent from what...
Here is one that graded PR-66, R&B. I don't see why your piece would not grade. I see some crud in a couple of letters that might lift easily...
Fine -12
MS-63, P-L
It will be a “no grade” situation if you send it to a reputable TPG. There are intentional marks on the cheek and the fields look unnatural as if...
You don’t like the Draped Bust design that appears on the early U.S. silver coinage? I have known collectors who though the Heraldic Eagle was a...
No. The government made an official statement, I think that year was 1954, that all gold coins minted before 1933 are "rare" and therefore qualify...
By not doing anything you have what economists call "opportunity costs." It's the money that you are not collecting. Given your list, there is not...
I don't about that. To me the Nickel Three Cent Piece is the least interesting. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I like the Proof pieces which are made of solid bronze. They are inexpensive, but I like them as a collectors’ item, especially the five piece set...
In a few posts that I can’t find, a couple people made the comment that they think that the Morgan Dollar is unattractive. I’ll grant you that...
The real grade is AU-58 which the Greysheet says is worth $195. but it's not certified, so it's more like $150 to $160. In the best case scenario...
Yes, the Connecticut commemorative half dollar is one of the better designs in the series. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
“A huge red flag to begin with.” Yes, any time you bad photography for an Internet offered, PASS. It’s all most always an indicator that the...
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