The wartime nickel set ... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A 1942 Proof War nickel. I have always thought that this coin is a bit under rated. It is a one...
I have collected Proof sets for years. I now have complete sets back to 1936. I also assembled a 1913 set, and might work on some other older sets...
Market conditions in a downward direction take a long time to work through the mint process. Sometimes the mint charges the same price for fewer...
It would have been better for the coins if they had struck them and let them fall in the bucket instead of handling them with bare fingers. As...
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After having bought several of these $2.50 gold coins from the same era at the recent FUN show, I can tell you that the grading on this type is...
1909, the most common Proof Liberty Nickel. The reason is collectors had to buy the two piece, minor coin Proof sets to get the three cents in...
I never quite, but I have purchased small gold coins, quarter eagles, which still have a numismatic value. Ditto for silver. My big silver coin...
There are a lot of posts on the PCGS blog which describe crossing coins from NGC to PCGS. The PCGS fans want their entire collection in those...
I've done several times. The dealer usually gets the better end of the deal, but you can't blame them. They have to sell what you are trading to...
Most of the coins that have rotated for me have been small pieces, like half dimes and gold dollars. I have never had a large coin, like a dollar,...
This is why you never put rubber bans in safe deposit boxes. They are have lots of sulfur which will tone your coins, often in not a good way. The...
That eagle got on the reverse of the double eagle because Teddy Roosevelt admired the Flying Eagle Cent design. It was one of the previous designs...
After about 60 years, I finally completed a "Red Book" Flying Eagle set. I'll leave the overdates and the pieces with wierd clash marks to the...
Congratulations! That one is better than mine. The Lafayette Dollar used to be a bear to find nice. Many of them are toned black. I’ve read the...
Compared to the total revenue the Federal Government received, the profits from numismatic coins is small, almost insignificant. That was why the...
It looks like it’s been smoothed. There are no scratches evident. That is highly unlikely for this coin in that grade. The “LIBERTY” is the last...
It doesn’t matter to me. A good piece of history trumps rarity for me. A the Chain cent is rare enough. I just got done submitting “credible...
The main things slabs do are to give a big boost to determining a value. They also provide a large measure toward authentication. Counterfiets...
I think the ship you saw in Baltimore or the Chesapeake Bay was the Constellation. It was thought to be the sister ship to the USS Constitution...
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