One feature of the 1873 U.S. coins is that the date has an open and closed 3. The closed 3 came first. On some coins that date was quite small,...
Then you have to slide the slabs into plastic sleeves to prevent scratching the windows. I put PCGS and NGC boxes in my safe deposit box for my...
It's hard to say from those photos. See if it looks similar to this one which has normal, original surfaces. [ATTACH]
According to my friend, not necessarily. PCI had many owners, some good, some not so good.
The more recent PCGS slabs, with the chip in them, are too thick to fit into NGC boxes. You have to put them in catty cornered. The NGC slabs are...
If you are going to sell them on-line as single pieces, you have to charge something like that to make it worth your time. I am surprised it isn't...
Steve Hayden had an original, undistributed box of red tokens, at the recent FUN show. It had government instructions on for their use on it. I...
I got a lot of quotes which were higher than the PCGS Coinfacts retail numbers. Usually those numbers are on the high side. Needless to say I...
I have to admit that this year’s winter FUN was almost too big for me. I went in looking for five Liberty quarter eagle dates. I found four of...
The Fugio Cent is more interesting. Oddly enough, I have never been fascinated by the Carson City Mint. I don’t know why.
The “big three” do give a brief description of what they say the problem is. I have had instances where one service said there was a problem and...
If you really like the pattern coin, I would keep it. Regardless of the current prices, it’s much rarer than the $20 gold and not nearly as easy...
The mint does sell its rejects, coins customers return because they have problems. Years ago I bought a General Douglas McAuthor Unc. $5 gold at...
I ran into a dealer site on the Internet who was buying and selling them. Technically they are illegal, but old, contemporary pieces seem to get a...
That’s a crudely casted counterfeit. If you could get a job in the ‘30s, during the Great Depression, 25 cents was an hour’s wages or more. Base...
All three notes are well worn which limits their value. The first two are very common 1864 issues. The retail values are listed a the levels...
By all means sell it. People talk about what a shame it is that some old gold collector coins might end up in the melting pot because of the high...
The mint mark is also wrong, and does not appear to be made of silver.
There was a time when the market makers actively traded all Morgan except the 1921 dated pieces which they specifically excluded in their buying...
I hope you are arriving before Sunday. A lot of dealers leave, and it ends up being a very nice regional show at that point. Thursday and Friday...
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