Reverse on this 1800 half eagle being auctioned by Heritage this week caught my eye. See pics. Obvious late die state based on the cracks. A...
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I ordered some coins from a country in central Asia. Registered mail with insurance was $80, and it had a tracking number. Discovered later, the...
The link is below. Can't help but wonder which S-mint gold coins will go down in value because of "new" ones coming to market. Good marketing...
Do TPGs have a minimum time for "natural" toning to occur? The real-world test is what are the most recent date coins with prominent toning that...
As you may be aware, the important factors for ranking sets in the PCGS registry are the weighted GPA (grade point average) and completeness of...
Title says it. Just had to sort a bunch of pics where obverse shots got separated from reverse. A little modification of the slab and label...
There are 14 of the 1933 double eagles known to exist: 2 in the Smithsonian; the 10 Langbord coins, which are now firmly in the grasp of the U.S....
Short background: The Royal Mint accidently sent some of these coins to customers with COAs that erroneously stated they were proofs. They...
Not the first time it's happened, but yet another elderly Chinese woman threw coins at an engine on a jet plane for luck. Yuans and turbines...
I think some sellers don't really want to sell their coins because the titles of their ads make it hard to find specific coins by searching. I do...
When deciding to buy a PCGS-graded coin that I can't see in hand, I often will use TrueView pics, if available, to help decide yes or no....
When I was at the ANA show in Denver, the Chinese coin booth (as Panda America) was offering some commemorative show pandas in inexpensive...
It's a PCGS MS66RB and the less common 1865 plain 5, DDO, FS-102 variety. I'm assuming a filled die, but what else could it be? Struck-through?...
A little background: The Royal Mint decided to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the "modern" sovereign gold coins. So, several types of gold...
Well, not in the attic, but in my wife's cousin's closet. My wife's uncle died a couple of months ago, and his two sons are the heirs. A few...
This outfit, pappsfamilyliquidation, is advertizing a huge number of coins to go on auction next week on eBay. Some are $50 coins; some are high...
So, in 1991, I bid-on and won a set of 1939 PDS Arkansas commemorative half dollars in a Stack's auction. They were raw, and Stack's graded them...
See link below. Arrested in Germany. Coin not found....
I think few folks dispute a grade on a coin that they submit that comes back graded higher than they expected. Perhaps they would for an...
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