How much "British Museum" quality stuff do you see these days? I have bought a couple denarii that might qualify, but when it comes to copper,...
I am hoping that I will get a crack at the 2021 Peace Dollar, but I doubt that it will happen. I am not going to pay some dealer $250 to $300 for it.
"Restoring" worn detail is another issue. If that is done, it's a big deal for any coin in my opinion. For ancient coins, lightly smoothing fields...
If you took these coins from a polyfilm holder that looked like this, you have Proof coins. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] These coins are graded as...
As an inexperienced ancient coin buyer, does “tooled” really make that much of a difference in a piece that is corroded and has been processed to...
The tenth ounce gold eagles are less expensive because of their size, but you will pay a larger premium over melt for them than you will pay for...
I voted "other" which means "no grade" because the corrosion and pitting. Although these coins are old, a fair amount of the surviving population...
1. Don't buy them from the mint. Usually they will be losers. 2. Buy them in the secondary market from dealers. These sets should be cheap...
I have done well with gold as a collector, but only because I have been buying it rather steadily for over 50 years. The current price, in the...
I tried to help you with a quick look into information about “Wright” in the Civil War token reference book on store cards. Unfortunately, it is...
I would say MS-66. I would like to upgrade the one I have that is in an MS-64 holder, but a lot of higher grade ones seem to have a rub on the...
The trouble is the circulated ones are so cheap, it makes no sense for a dealer to package them in a holder and sell. You might find one in a...
I saw one at a local dealer’s shop a couple of days ago. The “odd reed” is interesting, and I would not have known about it until the dealer...
One of best looking modern commemorative coins.
I just looked at the new design today. I liked the old one better. Unless the mint is going to change the design every year, there will be plenty...
The amazing thing about the token in the OP is that the die held together long enough to make so many pieces. That is nothing rare about it all....
The presentation supplied everything by pictures. He might have added the that the really sophisticated guys put reeded edges on the coins....
It really depends upon what the 1909-S-VDB would be worth certified. The coin is not rare at all, and most collectors would rather have a no...
I would wait to buy a better one, if it's in your budget. These tokens come nice. [ATTACH] Here is another one with silver plating. [ATTACH]...
You are paying for color on that coin. I think that's foolish, but each to their own. I wouldn't be bailing them out of that purchase.
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