I agree with @JoshuaP completely. It might be ugly, but burying the truth does not erase the truth. Here are two examples. I remember that Rick...
A great many collectors are drawn to the 1907 High Relief $20 gold. I have called it the most common, very expensive U.S. coin. The mintage was...
I would say AU-55. I have a few pieces that are graded AU-58 which are nicer.
Since I don't look at full step Jefferson Nickels, I can't express an opinion about them. I can tell you, that a significant number of Proof...
Please don’t confuse the issue. There were very rare SMS coins in 1964 and lots of them from 1965 to ‘67, before 1961. I think the person who...
No. Mint sets were issued in 1961. The date has nothing to do with it. I can't show you a mint set from the era because I don't collect them. If...
That is a Proof set, not a Mint Set. One would expect that Proofs would be about nice as the mint could do at that time. That was not always the...
Heritage has something similar with its proxy bid system, but it doesn’t screw people the way the eBay system does.
Good! Go ahead and buy the great coins from eBay. Life is too short to spend time researching prices, strategizing bids and posting fair to strong...
Here are pictures of this "unreasonable facsimile." They even went to the trouble of giving it a lettered edge. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I might be wrong, but I think that both of the gold pieces have been cleaned with an abrasive. The fields appear to have lines in them that run in...
The collection was a complete old commemorative coin type set, and all of the coins were NGC graded. The quality ranged from pretty nice, which...
I bought this one when I was a dealer as part of a collection. I could afford to keep it so I did since MS-64 was my target grade at the time. It...
It’s been my experience that NGC is more accurate with its variety attributions than PCGS. Many years ago I spotted one where PCGS had...
I have spent most of my lifetime assembling it.
You can look at my type sets on the NGC registry. Half Cent through non gold dollars. https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/50316/...
The shipping charges are high from Heritage. I rationalize that by knowing it would cost more than what they charge me in shipping to drive or fly...
The small planchet Pine Tree Shillings were stuck on a screw press and are generally higher quality. I don't collect these coins by die variety,...
I agree that the Massachusetts silver coins are among the most desirable colonial era coins. Some people think of them as the first shot of the...
I have never been a fan of that gold Indian / flying eagle pattern. That’s okay. I can’t afford it, and it has not been on the market for years.
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