In the past as now, Heritage provided full-slab photos of all coins. But they also provided closeups of medium to high-end coins. Now, I’ve...
In certain years, the Royal Mint blackened farthings (1/4 pence) so they would not be confused with half sovereigns. See the pic. How did they...
Likely the Mint will eventually institute a lottery system for limited issues. Folks could sign-in and get a lottery number assigned starting 2...
IF you have or are thinking about having competitive registry sets and hope to get a best set award, there is a big difference between PCGS and...
Seems to me that it’s the same coin that can be bought from many dealers … just has fancy packaging. If so, the mint stating a mintage of 7,000...
I haven’t bought from the mint in decades but thought I would take a chance on the end of WWII coins … especially the gold. Correct me if I’m...
I’m generating a set of coin trivia questions, and to restrict potentially correct answers, a few definitions are needed. The definitions below...
Just finished reading “The United States Trade Dollar” by John Willem. I think this is the only book devoted exclusively to the trade dollar. It...
The momentum effect in economics usually refers to price of a security continuing in the direction it has been recently changing ... up or down....
Sticks and snails and .... No, no. It's reasonably certain that PCGS and NGC slabs are acrylic (polymethacrylate). PCGS stated a while back...
Mint hasn't announced price yet, but if you get one, it will worth several times what you paid the next day. With only 1945 produced, only a...
Everyone knows Fort Knox holds tons of gold bars. It is also the home of the ten Langbord 1933 double eagles, the 1974-D aluminum cent, and...
To lead off: pics of my Pan Pac gold dollar. PCGS MS63. Foggy areas in pics are due to an etched slab. I'll get it a new suit someday. :)...
I hear and see this all the time and find it irritating. If it's better, why don't you send it in for a regrade or at least to CAC? As a dealer,...
Supposedly when CAC awards a green sticker, it means the coin is solid for the grade disregarding any plus or star that might be present. In...
I think coin prices at auctions, all on-line (including phone, mail, fax) now, have held up well during the pandemic. And there are likely to be...
Many of us are old enough to remember when $1 silver certificates were a common type of dollar bill ... as opposed to federal reserve notes, which...
Anyone who has much experience with coin photos realizes that photographic technique, especially lighting, is crucial to coin appearance and...
Just got an email from them. They may reopen April 15. During the closure, they will not accept packages not already enroute nor ship packages....
Never occurred to me before, but slabs can be sanitized more easily than coins themselves. Yeah, coins can be dipped in 70% isopropanol without...
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