When I was a dealer, I always offered to give out receipts. I made them for myself in any case. I also a buy sheet that I gave out to the public...
Why are gold coins white? I could fill your album, but not with coins in Gem BU.
Yes, the coin is attractive, but it’s only worth melt or less.
1864 Small Motto. I believe that this struck with a pattern die that was used to make circulating coins. Believe it or not, I actually cherry...
Here is one in Deep Cameo Proof. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
When I was young, the government dumped them into the ocean. I don’t think that there was an environmental impact study before that was done.
Here is my 1943 steel cent for type. It is a PCGS MS-66. I bought it over 25 years ago for $25 from one of my wholesale sources. I thought it was...
I have a date set which ranges from VF-20 to MS-66. I wanted a nice date set without "extreme heavy lifting" price wise. The best, an 1817 in...
Here is a 1909 Matte Proof Lincoln Cent. The grade is Matte Proof-66, R&B. [ATTACH] I would love to the 1909-VDB in Matte Proof, but the coin...
I know. I did a hang fire on that post yesterday. I entered it, but failed to hit “Post Reply.” I do that now and then. Rather junking if; I...
[ATTACH] I figured that I should have one Mint State piece in my Indian Cent
I would not get involved with PCI and SEGS. Many people view them is "raw coins."
It is very difficult to attribute 1800 large cents by Sheldon number. Years ago I was working with one in VF-30, which would probably be an EF-40...
They might be wearing gloves because of the complaints on-line about people holding coins with their bare fingers when they photograph them. Oddly...
The coin is only worth its melt value. Leave it in the ring. It too beat up to collect. Sadly coins in much better condition are only with close...
VF-30
The U.S. Mint has a legal monopoly on new U.S. coins, and they are charging monopoly prices. The citizens of this country pay taxes to support...
Here is an example of the spiked chin die variety soon after it became the spiked chin. Roger Cohen listed this as his die variety 1804 C-5. Note...
It has been my experience that 1804 is the most common date in the half cent series. There are 12 known die varieties. The best known is the...
Here's the one in my type set. It's graded MS-64 and is a really nice one for the grade. I bought this at the Lakeland, Florida coin show. It...
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