I am not an expert in paper money, but oddly enough, it was illegal to hold and collect the gold certificates after Roosevelt’s gold surrender...
The heat theory sounds reasonable. U.S. Mint bronze is made of 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc. That's not say that the alloy is mixed perfectly in...
Here is one of the most popular New England Civil War token varieties, the salamander press token. I bought this one many years ago when I lived...
In the old days it met that the lot was sold to someone who had bid a reserve ahead of the auction. It also could mean that the consignor had a...
Ebay is heavily involved in a segment of the collector market which requires expertise which they do not have. Since there are no penalties for...
Lots of games go on with auctions, which bidders don't know about. It's supposed to be illegal, but that's only if they get caught. Years ago I...
Recently I started thinking about an exhibit of the eight, normal sized $5 gold coins which were issued from each of the United States. Purists...
I received my package today. I’m to wait until Christmas.
Clash marks are not unusual on these coins. I had an MS-64 which had major multiple clash marks on both sides. I’m sorry I sold it, but the clash...
Impossible. The San Francisco Mint closed after 1955 and did not reopen until the 1960s.
I confused this thread with the “Charlotte Mint Gold Dollar” thread. Sorry.
The trick for the Chinese will be the privy mark. They usually use a real coin to make their copies. I’ve seen them use coins with serious...
I will post pictures of my 1851-C gold dollar over the weekend. My advice is hold off. I’ve been a collector and student for 65 years. I would...
At these prices, one would be far better off buying a really nice old cent which has some history to support it. It’s all wrapped up in a little...
The serious collectors want large cents, especially the early ones. These manufactured rarities are for the new comers with more money than...
The trouble is a lot of that stuff becomes so undesirable that no one wants it. Look at the gold commemorative coins. There was a time when the...
It doesn’t matter. Whatever the government gets out of this unfairly run enterprise, it is an insignificant amount of money for the government....
Yes, but you should think of other collectors. My interest in new mint issues is limited to a silver Proof set every year. For that I pay an...
If the $300,000 bid holds up, the government will be collecting about $71 million dollars from this. That’s like a rounding error for the...
My criticisms of the mint’s conduct has drawn mostly score on the PCGS site, but I don’t care. This is completely unfair to the small collector....
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