My well-known fascination with prooflike coinage has led me to watch the auctions for foreign prooflike coinage, although my main focus is a...
Please explain it to me - in all seriousness, if I am wrong (or if you think I am wrong), I truly want to know.
Doug, the main thing we have to remember is that TPGs DO NOT GRADE COINS!!!! TPGS value coins - they assign a price to them. Market grading and...
If you weigh it and tell us what it weighs, we can give you a better answer - but I'm almost positive that is an environmentally damaged/corroded...
Here are two sales of a different variety, but they should give you an idea. Yours is much more pronounced, but I still wouldn't give you much...
Hooray? I honestly have a hard time getting excited about anything the mint makes lately.
I had a couple of people do that with my recently listed Grandpa Glover's collection. The person made an offer, I accepted, I gave instructions...
Just to clarify, PCGS is only going to use Coin Sniffer on coins submitted for SecurePlus - that is, those who pay the extra $60 per coin for the...
Thanks, and indeed it is. The prime die state is much more difficult than the later die states. The drastically recut letters in Liberty help...
Paul, are we going to have to have an intervention? What are you doing buying that copper stuff?
Some info about the McClaren collection, if you are interested. Legend Numismatics bought and is selling it:...
I hate to be a downer, but that coin reeks of AT. And not eye appealing AT either. In fact, it is quite unattractive. Send it back if you can.
Different take on the same question: I enjoy looking at my collection every time I look at it.
Good responses all. I'll add the only R-5 I have: [img] [img]
GreatToning sells some amazing coins, both his own inventory and those on consignment. His auctions also generally reach incredibly high prices. I...
I am rather curious about this: I know that premiums for rare Overton varieties don't really start until around R-4, but how much are these...
I was also going to recommend adding Tomaska's Franklin book - which is an excellent reference by a nice guy! If you are at all interested in...
Hmmm... what if it had four holes in it? ;)
Thanks for the great comments on my set, everyone. Duke, those are die polish lines. I discuss die polish in the entry for the 1963
I generally have a dozen coins on my desk -newps, coins I am writing about, etc. I look at them several times a day. I also have coins displayed...
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