I guess I'm spoiled by having been around nice examples for so long. As a veteran collector, I know that the Bust Dollar is among the most common...
1799 is the most common year among the Bust Dollars. It is interesting to note that the dollar was the only silver coin the mint issued with the...
That is the design that Laura Fraser (Wife of James Fraser who designed the Buffalo Nickel) submitted for the Washington Quarter. Most people...
If the photos are accurate, it's not even close to crossing in the same grade let alone upgrading. The coin looks smooth and dull. That does not...
Just one more reason to have nothing to do with eBay. I won't have anything to do with it because its sniping policy. Life is too short to be made...
Proof coins missing design details? In this era and in the 1950s and ‘60s, absolutely! Collectors’ negative reactions to the satin finish and...
Almost all of the design weakness in the middle of Ms. Liberty’s hair and the Eagle’s wing in the reverse is due to strike. I do see a break in...
I own the coin, so PCGS didn’t mark it as a half cent with a die clip. WOOPS! I note that I worded that one wrong. IF it came back with the clip...
The sharpness grade is high end AU, but it's been "cooked" by being dipped repeatedly or for too long. These coins can have frosty luster, but...
There is one area of the market where buying mint errors might save you money, the early U.S. coins from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Errors...
Yep. It's got hairlines from cleaning all over it. It was cleaned with an abrasive.
The NGC registry is taking PCGS in its U.S. coin section again. As for higher grades, getting an MS-68 for anything, is next to impossible. I...
Don't "twist" too hard. It can get very expensive. As a collector who has been working on a complete from 1792 to date, sort of for the late stuff...
So far as I'm concerned, this quote by George Washington in his 1792 message to Congress settles the issue: “There has been a small beginning in...
The marks on the cheek could be there on a low end graded Mint State piece, like an MS-61. Now that I can see it better, it's somewhere between...
First, I had a start when I read “1836 Half Cent.” The 1836 is a very rare date. You have a far more common 1835. I am on an iPad, and the...
1998-S Matte Proof [ATTACH]
Given the fact that Jefferson had the cabinet level of authority over the mint, I consider the 1792 half disme to be the first U.S. coin that was...
It's funny how tastes change. Anyone who is currently collecting certified Proof silver coins from the 1936 to 1942 era in depth can see that...
The "Hmmm" was based on the added $75 to the $75,000. It's like they have automatic mark-up program that sets their prices. This morning I...
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