Everybody likes to buy super coins, but sometimes the prices get to be too high. Here is my Draped Bust Large cent for my type set. [ATTACH]...
Felix Schlag won the contest in a field of 390 entries for the Jefferson Nickel design. The strange thing is, the mint changed the design almost...
I have had this piece for a very long time and have long suspected that it is a counterfeit because of the weakness on the reverse. Note that a...
The Napoleonic Wars (mid 1790s until 1815) caused a great monetary upheaval in England. During the war, much of the regular coinage was hoarded,...
I just received the three piece Negro Leagues Baseball set. I was very disappointed. In the old days, these sets came in a nice velvet covered...
Here is the second piece I acquired from the DeWitt sale, a John Frémont ferrotype. A ferrotype features an actual photograph of the candidate....
I received my two purchases from the DeWitt political sale today. I was hoping to buy more, but the prices were so strong, I simply could not...
Heritage auctions had its DeWitt sale of political items this week. The prices realized were "aggressive" to the least. Many items went for way...
I remember hearing a "Copperhead" described as the head cut out from a "copper penny" during one the chapters in the award winning Ken Burns...
I was looking this item which appeared in Davisson's action, which closed yesterday. It is a AR hardi d'argent of Edward the Black Prince who was...
These coins were issued by the Bank of England on an emergency basis during the Napoleonic Wars. The series started with the small counter mark in...
There was a time, during the Napoleonic Wars, when the British Government could not supply enough coins to its domestic economy. In their place,...
I spotted this at the Lakeland, Florida collectors' show a couple of days ago. It is a York Maine commemorative half dollar with the original...
Most of my hammered British coins fall in the VF category for grades. I have tried to buy better, but most of what I run into has seen a fair...
This is the first major U.S. coin purchase I have made in about 5 years. The reason that I bought it is because I've been looking for a reasonably...
Sorry, bu I don’t have pictures. Last Saturday my local dealer asked me to look at a Higley Copper a women had brought to his shop. I determined...
I bought several Roman coins at the recent FUN show. One of them was this silver siliqua which bears the portrait of the emperor Valens. For me,...
I had been looking at a Roman gold Aureus for some time, but the prices! It seemed that any piece that looked half way decent cost 5 figures. This...
I usually don't buy business tokens from any era other than the Civil War, but I found this piece interesting. It is a half dime token, which is...
I know that a lot of people are bailing on the FUN show because of the pandemic. If you are planning to attend, please consider coming to my...
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