I buy into the concept that the mint made a 1913 dated die as a back-up in case the new Buffalo Nickel design happened to fall through. For...
When the Coinage Act of 1792 was passed, there was a quarter dollar, which was one-fourth of a dollar. The quarter eagle was one-fourth of an...
Mint marks were on the reverse of a great many coins, except the cent, for a long time. They appeared on the obverse of gold coins ($2.50 and...
A lot of the “missing detail” was never there.
My guess would be AU-50. These first coins by John Reich often had inconsistent strikes. Here is an 1807 "50 over 20" variety. The "5" in "50"...
Whitman has an "Official Red Book" on "Franklin & Kennedy Half Dollars" third edition. I have found these books to be consistently informative.
"1795, a Pivotal Year at the First U.S. Mint" The year 1795 marked the beginning of a period when the first United States Mint was under intense...
The only clad pieces I have from that era are in Special Mint and Proof sets plus the certified coins that I need to keep my on-line Type set...
I will ask this impolite question. What will the CAC holder do to the market for coins with CAC stickers? Perhaps a CAC holder will be more...
I am not sure that the 1905 cent needs a new holder. Some collectors like the "little old ANACS holders." On the other hand, I am not sure that...
This $20 gold is a PCGS MS-65, CAC [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This one is a PCGS MS-64 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And this is an NGC MS-63. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have often found MS-64 to be the “sweet spot” where you got good eye appeal at a more reasonable price. A nice MS-64 can be as good has a “C”...
I have pictures of some really beautiful Roman aurei, but at $12,000 and way up, that is a lot more than I have spent for one Roman coin.
The Cincinnati commemorative is harder to find for the 52 piece type collectors than you might think. The total mintage was 15,000 which is the...
The Cincinnati commemorative has a checkered past. Here is a write-up I did about it. The Cincinnati Music Center Commemorative Half Dollar...
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These quarters were issued for two years, in 1975 and ‘76. Most collectors regard the drummer boy design as the best of the three Bicentennial motifs.
It’s hard to believe that someone would dump silver coins in a river to get rid of it.
All of the Gallery Mint pieces have "COPY" on the obverse or reverse. The trouble is the crooks hide the word and then try to sell them as genuine.
I think that it probably is an 1864-L because of the shape of the bust, but the standard has long been that the "L" must show, even if it is a...
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