I like Polish coins [& actually I'm half Polish] unfortunately I haven't been able to afford a Polish coin in some years. This is one of my first...
Interesting that people are buying copper. I have bags of pre 1982 cents as well as bags of wheat ears I got many years ago. My wife wanted me...
Hi Mat, Interesting that we both like the same coins. I've tried to get an aureus of Gallienus although from the details yours looks like a...
Well I attended the Eliasberg auction in NY Spring, 2005. A famous Latin American dealer told me not to bid much for the coins as everything...
Got these two recently from Heritage NYICS auction. Both of these I've bid on before at various auctions and lost them. The 1819 appeared in the...
Nice 5 centimes, I know the 10 cents of the same type are always found worn completely flat. This type was one of my 1st foreign coins ever.
Not a bad Pillar, recently a friend wanted to give a gift of a historically significant neat old coin, and we decided on a Pillar dollar. He...
Hi Eduard, Just wanted to mention that Heritage is auctioning off 3 AU grade Central American 8 reales. Here's a link to the 1824:...
Hi, I was planning on going to the Summer Fun show in Orlando July 11-13, 2013. I basically collect foreign (Latin American Republics &...
Certainly. Have it silver plated and put it on Ebay.
According to CNN, the US population increased by almost 10% from 2000 to 2010. The non-hispanic white population increased 1%. The increase was...
Hi Eng & Thanks for your comments. Actually that owl came from Stack's NYICS auction in Jan, 2012 (lot#213). That collection had some major...
What happened is that I wanted to see some other threads than about silver rounds or state quarters from change so I inadvertently clicked this...
I'd have to agree with Doug here. Not about the fakes but about demographics. While everyone can say they know of 1 Black collector of pre-1834...
It looks like a copy of a Judaic 2nd Revolt tetradrachm. 2nd revolt was 132-135 AD, these coins were overstruck on 14g silver tetradrachms and...
Here's mine (Athenian democracy/confederation, classical period tetradrachm 449-413 BC). Actually I owned one many years ago & sold it. Then...
My experience from EBAY is quite negative. It may be useful for common date Bust halves in the AG to VF grades but for mint state specimens, it's...
I'd say AU-55, I've seen AU-50's that have little luster & look like exf's. AU-58 should be coin with just a bit of cabinet friction. Thus I'll...
While I'm not a dealer and I probably make many mistakes with grading, I'd avoid coins such as your 80-S Morgan dollar, because of the cheek mark....
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