Heritage offered to re-open the lot. I probably should have done that. A couple experienced people on the PCGS forum said I did the right thing if...
I much prefer the presidential campaign pieces that were issued when they were running for office. The artwork on the presidential dollars has...
I have only bought one item post auction. It was one of those rhombus shaped, Newark, English Revolution pieces that was made for King Charles I...
@GDJMSP, in the vast majority of cases, dealers, not collectors are the only buyers who do well at auctions. The reason is that many of them,...
It may have something to do with Cuba’s participation in a 1922 exposition that was held in Rio de Janeiro. I can’t find anything about an...
My perception of the Scott Stamp Catalog was that it became useless many years ago because the prices listed in it were at least 5 times what the...
The piece has quite a bit of wear for an Isabella Quarter. My grade would EF sharpness, cleaned. Having said that, I still think that $100 was a...
Yes I got burned using the PCGS price guide. It is often higher than the auction prices realized. But to make the point I made above, I know of...
I would be a bit careful when you see sharp coins like this with lots of details, but dark spots. I have an 1803 C-4 like this in my collection. I...
I am not big fan of using auction prices exclusively as a price guide, especially for less than really scarce material. It seems to me that some...
I like the coin tray idea. The trouble for me would be storage space. They take up a lot of room. I have my ancient collection in safety flips in...
The old rule of thumb used to be that an item had to be worth $200 to be worth the slabbing cost. Today it’s probably over $300 given the high...
I collect the original Lincoln presidential campaign tokens and medalets from the 1860 and 1864 campaigns. I limited myself to generally one...
A local dealer wants $28 for junky Morgan and Peace Dollars. That makes it impossible to offer them as door and paid drawing prizes.
Only so many varieties can be listed in The Red book. It was never intended to be an encyclopedia on die varieties. It is a general, quick...
The 1853 weight reduction was due to a relative increase in the price of silver to gold. The 1873 weight increase was done to get the silver...
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