In this case, at least they have a parachute of sorts. It is a high grade 1955 doubled die. I’ve heard the people are paying high prices for...
The 1883 No Cents Nickel is one of the easiest Liberty Nickels to find in AU or Mint State. The reason is that the practice of gold plating and...
The designs are interesting, but try avoid buying any “rare” or expensive ones if it becomes a fad. Back in the 1970s, some collectors got hooked...
72, 61 years as a collector.
If you know the dealer who is selling those in AU-58 holders, led me to him! I don’t collect Morgans, and I quit buying and selling over 10 years...
The Massachusetts copper coins were the best made pieces from the pre-federal era. They were struck on high quality planchets, and the dies were...
I would not get hung up with all of this slab label nonsense. Designations like “first strike” revenue enhancements for the grading companies.they...
I’d grade it MS-64 plus it’s one of those 1904-O dollars with a sharply struck reverse. That’s a big plus in my opinion, but few people seem to...
I think you will get a PR-64 Cam, maybe a DCAM. I think those are light hairlines.
I have seen many Standing Liberty Quarters that had a rub on the knee or a clatter on the shin that got Mint State grades. I have avoided such...
As it is with many auctions, I imagine that most everything is “protected.” There is nothing rare about the 1909-S-VDB. When I was a dealer, at...
I didn’t want say anything because there are people here with far more knowledge than I have, but the coin looked “wrong” to me because of the...
Given the huge number of counterfeit Trade Dollars, buying a certified example is a very good idea for collectors these days. Rim bumps aside,...
It’s been my experience that most every Heritage auction result is a shock. You have really want the item to be successful.
Yes, and when you add shipping and handling, it gets to be quite expensive. The last time I had it done at PCGS, it cost me $42, and included the...
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Yes, they can. Having gotten ripped off by a slab that was intentionally scratched to hide the fact that an early coin had been polished, I...
A CAC sticker does not always send prices into orbit. There are CAC columns on the Grey Sheet for CAC approved coins. Sometimes the CAC premium is...
It sold for more than 100 times the price I got for that AU-58 more than a decade ago.
Giving that beat-up coin an MS-67 makes you wish there were a “LOL button.” It’s got the steps, not the grade.
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