Jello, I am sorry you disagree but the obverse especially looks dull and lifeless. I have always been taught this is from old cleaning that like...
Back to NCM, I think these are the same people who put out that fake Buffalo $50 piece covered in "14 mg of pure GOLD!". I never have figured out...
I would grade VF cleaned.
Thad, I hope "getting beat up" wasn't from the board. I know I had concerns, but it more long term issues. If you are putting this product on...
Well concerning this issue, you have to be careful since a lot of commemorative items have been sold with the proceeds going to the victims and to...
HJB is a very nice company. Curtis Clay is extremely well respected in the ancient community and a great asset to collectors. Harlan of course is...
As a quick aside, I can feel your guys pain now regarding trying to take good photos of toned coins. I am not a photographer, so before I could...
Just a followup, I guess I should trust the written grade more than photos. I got the coin today, and it is much better than the photo, the...
Personally I would say a few indian heads wehn I was younger. Wheat cents were common in the 70's, as were occasional buffalo nickels and war...
Agreed, meaningless seller puffery. I would report him for trying to use a PCGS grade without the coin being included in a PCGS slab.
With the proliferation of Chinese fakes, I would say we simply do not know. The two coins you list have not historically had large amounts of...
I would agree with Tom Reynold's grading myself. I am not denigrating the coin at all, I truly believe that it is very attractive and do not...
Well ancients have a longer and more storied past with reproductions like Becker, etc. US has a definitive negative attitude towards them, since...
You may be more of an expert, but I have a couple hundred large and half cents. I know copper ages differently, but when you tilt a cent you can...
Not a copper expert, but I would say PCGS will net grade this a 45. I would personally say 40 on the reverse, but with nice surfaces I think it...
Just high point wear, common on bronze. Look at the front of the wing as well. I like Greek bronze a lot, but man they can be a bear to...
Also, just to let anyone else who has a valuable library know, regular homeowners will cover books on coins, just not the coins themselves. Not...
Since wheat pennies really started the con collecting craz in the 50's, I would be very hard pressed to think of any source where it truly is...
Silver American Eagle, bullion silver dollars minted by the US mint. Some people colelct them like coins, and since they are US mint products,...
It seems like prices started going down significantly after the dot com crash. After a while most gave up trying to get reasonable prices there....
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