Yes, I will be covering that, but I can't tell where the gold market is going to go. When I paid $2,500 for a new one ounce American Gold Eagle...
I am scheduled to provide "An Overview of the U.S. $5 Gold Piece" at the upcoming FUN Convention. The time will be Thursday, January 8 at 12:45...
Does anyone think that the U.S. was issuing American Silver Eagles in 1906? It looks like the Chinese thought that the Americans were issuing...
Octavian turned out to be a very good emperor. I don't think Mark Anthony would have worked out that well. It's funny. No matter how old August...
My collection is mostly all numismatic. The gold price has caught up with many of my larger gold pieces, but since I collected gold dollars and...
A grader who is worth his or her salt should know that cleaning lines are into the the surface of the coin. Polish marks are above the surface of...
The grading services have driven me nuts with their poor grading of copper, especially early copper. Here are some early copper coins that came...
In the past, one or two chop marks which was hidden the design could get a straight grade. Giving this coin a straight grade is not a good idea in...
My secret Santa was very generous. First was a interesting wooden token which I believe urges me to not put things off. [ATTACH] Second were a...
Okay. I remember the late '70s and early '80s when inflation was over 20%. Not fun despite that fact that I had a good job and an employer who was...
Be careful what you wish for. The gold and silver markets are killing the numismatic market (fun), and these high medal prices show that many...
They have become quite a bit more expensive, even the common ones.
Here is the 1953 set I mentioned earlier. The great thing about straight from the mint package coins is that they have not been messed with. The...
I bought this half laural raw. It still is raw. [ATTACH]
I just looked at the set. It has the usual haze original sets can get when stored in the original packaging. It’s not great, but it’s not...
I would look at how much you paid for the set, and how nice the coins are. The 1950 Proof set coins are notorious for dull luster and poor eye...
One of my favorite Civil War token makers was Henry D. Higgins who made the Indiana primitives. Higgins made copy dies from tokens he liked, but...
Here is a "staight on shot" and an angle shot. [ATTACH] The coin does display this luster when you see it in person. [ATTACH] Here is...
Capturing mint luster. I can doing it using angles, but straight on shots are tough. Highly lustrous and Proof coins are hard capture the whole...
Most of the die state price action comes from early copper collectors from what I have seen. Dramatic die failures can attract interest in other...
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