Josh, you are not the first young man to want to change the world, to make your mark, to take on the world. For numismatics, a lot of this is...
Any library can borrow almost any book through interlibrary loan. Find out what you want to read and borrow them. Just do it man, read anything...
I would say 53, which porbably means it will get slabbed a 55-58.
Rick Snow is probably the most respected dealer when it comes to Indian Head and FE cents. A bibliography is a listing of important references...
Good place to learn what books are crucial to a series is by checking major dealer rederences and bibliographies.
Yes you do. There are a couple of good sized shows here a year, and even those usually have 2 partial ancient dealers a few world coin dealers. If...
Btw, you are right that an 1862 will be more of a nickel type of toning. Still, it should be normal old nickle looking versus the crazy colors of...
I agree, and its one of the oldest tricks in the book. Years ago AT was not done to make a premium coin, it was done to hide a problem coin. This...
I would have to disagree with you on the 1962 quarter sir. I literally have many just like this in junk silver tubes sitting in my SDB right now,...
They lost the money the second the market went down. The mentality they won't "lose" money until they sell is an erroneous one, but common...
Most likely NT. You can never "prove" it, of course. I say this because of a few reasons: 1. I have pulled hundreds of 1960-1964's out of sets...
Ok, ok, did someone pull the 2011 "wayback" lever? ;)
You really need to learn coins sir. I am not saying this disparagingly. I am saying you need to look at thousands and thousands of coins, learn...
Yeah, but if my sons sees these he will want them, my wife will ask me "why don't you ever buy any dumb coins others might want' etc etc. So,...
For an average coin, its a weak strike. For a capped bust half dime? A very weak strike. These little ladies usually show up very well struck,...
$20 for a coin like that from London and its a deal. Add in the rarer reverse and its a great pickup. I went to a show today for giggles....
One thing I would say is almost all of these books now in public domain are seriously out of date. How about joining the ANA as a YN and borrowing...
Assuming every single mintmark location was different. Since it was from a master hub you do not expect ANY differences other than mintmark...
Well, that really is the basis of early American copper collecting. Not my bag either, but I respect those collectors who do it.
Well, the first to publish a standard work on such a thing will gain numismatic immortality, like Sheldon. To some, that would be attractive. Not...
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