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....
Now I would agree with you. However, at first, Ebay had a lot of major dealers and quality goods. Even now Ebay may be a dumping ground for many,...
Agreed. Breen, from what I heard from people who knew him, was a legend in his own mind, and never let inconsequential details get in the way....
I think most of the people put out of business has been local coin stores and some mail dealers. Local brick and morter are harder to justify when...
Well I stay away from highly publicized auctions Leadfoot. I find that most coins go for more than they are worth due to bidding wars. A friend...
Liberty not complete, that is requirement for F on obverse and one of the key grading areas. The shield on the reverse incomplete, for VF all of...
I find the best and worst thing that every happened to US coin collecting was the Red Book. It is wonderful to have so much info right in a tidy...
Isn't it funny how we remember the ones that got away a lot more than the ones we got? I have quite a few, "wish I would have bought that" bitter...
I would do this, sell the types of packaging, (or trade to dealer), and get the type you prefer. I completely understand you wanting them in...
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