The obverse of the "dollar" in the OP looks a lot like the pattern for the $50 gold piece or "half union." Here is a picture of that piece from...
It's a Virginia half penny, and it was issued on the eve of the American Revolution. They were authorized by the British crown and are dated 1773....
The thing about the classic commemoratives is that they are available in such high grades. I have a complete 50 piece type set on the NGC registry...
Yes, that cut out Hawaiian half dollar is really sad. That was stupid and unnecessary. The others might have been issued that way to boost sales.
I read a post a day or two ago from a disheartened modern Proof set mint site buyer who wrote that he was busting up his sets and spending the...
Labels can move on rare occasions in PCGS holders, but in this case the “coin” inside does not look to genuine. The mere fact that the serial...
Here is half pound piece that appears to be from the same era in gold. NGC graded this EF-45. I agree with the S-2466 attribution. I think that...
VF-30 What @YoloBagels said.
Here is what I use almost 98% of the time, when I use a glass. [ATTACH] And RARE occasions at home ... [ATTACH] Sorry about the sideways...
Here are two tokens from the 1876 presidential election. They were made by the same token maker who tried to add some issues to the election...
It's a lot easier to make yourself poor than to make yourself rich, or even remain rich. Managing investment assets is a major challenge,...
Old time EF-45, "New time" AU-50. The $650 asking price is too much regardless of what you call it.
Actually it has "deep, golden toning," probably from being dipped long ago. It's in an NGC old fatty holder which is probably close to 30 years old.
The idea of the U.S. Government selling bonds to the Federal Reserve to create money to fund its projects is a new one. In the past the Government...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The Capital and Capital style holders provide good protection so long as they were not contaminated with some impurity before...
Some of these sets get spots from pinholes which are natural. You need to handle these sets carefully. Avoid folding them. I will tell you this....
Therefore, you need to churn, which I did at 12:01 PM, and I got put through the gauntlet.
If you are on the page where the item will be sold, does the website automatically reset to the ordering mode, or it just sit there? Your advice...
I logged on before 11:30 AM figuring that I would not be able to log on just before it became available. I sat and kept churning the site with...
As I suspected it would do, it failed. I sat for half hour, placed the order and then it was denied. I got the last step and it kicked me off. I...
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