I'd close, but no cigar. The rims are not there for a Matte Proof. Here is 1909 Lincoln in Matte Proof. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Mint State 1913 Type I Buffalo Nickels were saved in quantity and are not rare. You can buy a nice MS-64 for well under $100. An MS-65 will be...
That might be true for the New Orleans Mint coins. I have never collected or studied those pieces. It's not true for the Philadelphia and San...
It looks like a high end Mint State piece to me, something like MS-66 or 67. When you get the top grades like this, you really have to see the...
It looks like a normal 1922-D to me. The real thing really looks moth eaten. You coin is “too nice.”
Many collectors treat SEGS graded coins like raw coins. It’s not a matter of treating SEGS as a bad company; it’s just that they don’t have much...
I have a complete type set of the "old commemorative coins." I have given up on keeping up with the modern pieces. Believe it or not many of the...
I have never owned an 1885 nickel.
Here are a couple more pieces with Teddy Roosevelt in his Rough Riders outfit. [ATTACH] Teddy for Governor of New York! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And...
This one is quite conservatively graded. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is just to show you that old ones do exist in Mint State. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Don't be discouraged by this. What you are doing sounds like a...
Here is a story that is well known to collectors. In 1883 the mint replaced the Shield Nickel with the Liberty Nickel. The trouble was the first...
Here is a Proof from my type set. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Avoid cleaning you coins. It destroys the value. Original brown toned copper is much better.
In a word, no. If they are “baggy, lackluster and barely even exit at the higher levels,” then there are fewer of them in the higher grades. You...
I am late to the party because my computer was not up last night. 1908-S Indian [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1909-S Indian [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I had this 1861 double eagle slabbed about twenty years ago by NGC. The grade is AU-58, which is right on the money. Does anyone think that the...
This 1860 double eagle is also graded PCGS AU-55, CAC. My grade is AU-50. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
These two gold dollars are not cheap, but they are a lot less expensive than they once were. I've lost a good deal of money on these coins, at...
Here are two more coins that go together, the Louisiana Purchase commemorative gold dollars. These pieces were sold during the Louisiana Purchase...
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