I have posted the four pieces in my collection a number of times. Here is one I owned before I upgraded the Type III coin in my collection with a...
Until I saw that the seller was from Spain, I would have said keep bidding. Something has to be special for me to go through the hassle of...
I saw this set at a coin show many years ago and bought it because I thought it was neat. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And here is something that is a...
The trouble with marks that you see right away is that they tend to stick in your mind. Every time you see the coin, you remember them. That takes...
That 1856 shut me down. I have never owned one. I had a want list for one from a customer, but I could never find the right one. They seem to come...
The price would have to be attractive for me to buy a coin like this raw. As a dealer, I would have done it, if I was sure it was real, and the...
Not as much as you might think. The sutlers were in a high risk, high priced business for the time. Often the sutler would end up with most of a...
The stars and lettering were hand punched into each individual die, thus variations are the norm. There are only two known die varieties for the...
No, because the rust has destroyed the design features on the coin. There is nothing to clean because the oxidation has left nothing. The CSS...
Here are photos of a genuine example and the piece in the OP. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I see pits in the surface and chunks of metal. I think that it is a counterfeit. Here is genuine example shown in the larger format to enhance...
The obverse counts more than the reverse when it comes to consigning a grade. In this case, the obverse has an EF look to it. While the toning...
I have never tried that type of crossover. My perception is that you have two strikes against you when you submit a coin to PCGS in the...
The reason why the Type I reverse was changed so quickly in 1913 was that it was thought to be subject to abnormal wear. This group of coin...
And sometimes giving that AU-58 an MS-63 is just a bunch of bunk. Here's the coin that finally soured me on the high priced U.S. coin market. PCGS...
I have only been dabbling with the Roman republic coins and only have two. This one has an interesting history. Once more this is from my...
I "discovered" this short lived emperor at the Summer FUN show. It was my last purchase for the event. It is Diadumenian who was Macrinus' son....
I would not have guessed that piece was in an MS-65 holder because of the luster. This one is in an NGC MS-63 holder. It's been dipped at one...
The color on that piece might have come from gases trapped in the flat pack with the coin. I opened one like that in the 1970s. As soon as I cut...
So far as I know, that was only for the 1863 series. It did not apply to the $1 and $2 notes. By then prices were getting so inflated that those...
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