I bought one of those pieces a few years. It was a left over from one the Heritage Auctions. For once I had no competition! [ATTACH]
That is the first, last and latest one. Russell Rulau passed on some years ago.
Here are a couple of Jon Marr Civil War tokens. Blaz Beer. I have seen ads for this company, but have not seen the product offered anywhere....
These are relics of Germany in the early 1920s when hyper inflation did in the economy. It stemmed from the reparations the allies imposed on...
I collect the more conventional exonumia with big emphasis on presidential politics. That includes politically themed Hard Times, Civil War and...
I had an 1811 large cent similar to this when I was kid. It was the overdate, and there was enough left to see the "0." It was a wee bit sharper...
The leading grading companies, NGC and PCGS, discovered that the registry concept was a goldmine for their products. Collector demand soared for...
There is a registry of the worst known coins which got a straight grade. I don’t understand it, but people pay big money for these terrible coins....
[ATTACH] To expand on what I posted previously. If you sell for mint luster on the piece in the fields with a look like this, it is Mint State....
It appears to have what they used to call “envelope friction.” Technically it’s a classic AU. Market grading would say it’s MS-62 Brown. I think...
People have done that with the coins they committed to buy from the U.S. Mint. Speculators would buy an issue thinking that it would able a good...
This might be called a multi-level wishy-Washy. This Hard Times Token, Low 51, was the first for this design. [ATTACH] The dies for this...
You might create a niche for yourself at a flea market, but a better bet might be local coin shows. To do that, you might need a sales tax account...
As a veteran collector, I think that a properly grade AU-58 is worth as much or more than a properly graded, but ugly, MS-60 or 61. It’s been like...
When I was collecting them in the early ‘60s, who heard of grades? I preferred the cards with white reverses over the grey reverses. I noted the...
Yes, a paper money dealer I know was complaining about the higher buyers’ fee after he had made a consignment to Heritage.
I look at the front of the GreySheet magazine where they give the metals prices. If they were behind the times, you knew that the bullion coins,...
It’s just the photo. It’s got bright luster with super smooth surfaces.
A word a caution about using the Grey Sheet to price these coins. It has run way behind the market for coins whose value is based mostly on the...
This is my best one, which grades MS-65. [ATTACH] This is my favorite one, which is in an MS-64 holder. I over paid for this because I bought...
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