You didn't say why your grandmother went into a nursing home. So like Mountain Man said I hope you at least asked your grandmother what she...
66 or 67 full steps
The 1820 Pitman large cent was bought as a red brown but, in hand it really does look more red. I even found a picture of it from many years age...
I have a 1873 CC with arrows dime in VG that once belong to Eliasberg. The large cent attached below belonged to John Pitman. I think I collect...
Either you like Dan Carr's work or you don't. I do mainly because he produces coins that either never existed or could have existed. As far as...
From the Eliasberg Collection. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1906 Proof 65 Philippines Peso.
You might get a dollar for it The 1807 is harder to find than the 1806 but, your coin is one that you would find in a dealer junk box. The...
Peace dollars have always been an under rated series. I put together a mint state set a long time ago and then sold it off. I could put another...
The cats are the best part of this thread. However, I was going to call the coin an MS 65. I always like the Texas Commemorative design.
Nice score.
I saw this effect back in the 70's. I think it's very common on silver proof Ike's. I'm not sure but, I think had something to do with the...
For an AU 58 it's a nice coin.
I'd be worried about heat sealing a flip. The heat causes the plastic to melt in order to make the seal. There are always gases released and...
This junk is being sold on Facebook. Facebook doesn't give a crap that people are getting ripped off.
Not surprised at AU 58. I went with MS 63. AU 58 is hard to judge based on pictures. I just went back and looked at the coin and I can detect...
Fake, if that was real your looking at a coin worth big money. Not going to on eBay with a starting bid of $600.00. Not even getting into the...
I've seen more older coins in circulation in the last 10 years that I did in the 30 years before. We can thank CoinStar and banks for putting in...
This is a good coin to experiment with. You can learn a lot of what not to do as well as what to do. I played with a lot of cheap coins many...
I'd have go with MS 63 there are a lot of small ticks on the rims and a lot of small contact marks on each side. I don't see any major hits so...
This is true but those countries were having them made for circulation in their country. The US mint did it for a number of countries until...
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