The sort of toning on both pieces does nothing to enhance the value. I would get some quality, non PVC flips, store them in those, and not dip...
The base grade is EF-40, but it has suffered from some recent improper storage. There are bright spots and small scratches on the high points...
That is a really nice coin! Usually family heirlooms are beat up and sometimes cleaned. I would say the coin has a decent shot at MS-65, but the...
@Tall Paul, I agree with you about not bothering with all of the dates and mint marks in the "classic commemorative" series. Many of those coins...
The silver content was reduced in 1853 because the California gold rush increased the supply of gold to the point where the relative price silver...
Yes, most of them started as collectors, but are collectors no longer.
Sorry, but you think that modern Proof coins in PR-70 holders are "good investments," you are barking up the wrong tree. As a collector, I really...
I remove them. It leads directly back to the lot number which makes it easier for future people to know what you paid. And, as others have said,...
I would leave it alone. If you succeed in removing the black spot, you will have a white spot, probably larger, in its place. If you don't...
Randy beat me to it, but I'll do it anyway. 1834 was a very important year in the history of U.S. gold coinage. That year, the Andrew Jackson...
I presume you are referring to the 1838 quarter eagle. This coin was graded MS-63. Look at the area above the eagle’s head. There are lots of...
The breast and tail feathers can be weakly struck. Weakness on the tail and sometimes the head were the reasons for the early end to the design....
Here is my only Galba piece. [ATTACH] Denarius of Galba, Obverse, IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M, “Emperor Servius Galba, Caesar Augustus,...
I don't believe that variety was in the original edition of Fuld. My only experience with Aaron White has been with this piece. [ATTACH]...
Welcome to the boards! I have been collector for over 60 years, but I only started to collect imperial Roman coins about 10 years ago. Before...
Here are a couple of Mint State examples which might help learn how they in that grade. This is graded MS-65. [ATTACH] This is an MS-64....
The coin has the sharpness of an AU, but does not appear to have any luster, which is usually required for the grade. I would say the slab grade...
Reputations and reality can sometimes be different things. Does this look like an MS-63 CAC to you? Believe it or not it is, or at least it was...
Grade-flation is annoying to me because it has depressed a lot of prices. To get the money out of your coins at auction, it seems like you have to...
The really expensive ones are the 1905 Theodore Roosevelt. which was designed by Augustus St. Gaudens, 1921 Warren G. Harding and 1925 Calvin...
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