You must be pretty old ;) ... That coin has been a high priced key date for years.
1854-D Three Dollar gold piece. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1854-O Three Dollar Gold Piece [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1854-C Three Dollar Gold Piece [ATTACH]...
Sorry, but you need to review the position of the curl over the "0" in the date. It's a Cohen 3.
The 1809 half cent is one of the most common Turban Head dates. There are six known die varieties. One of them, Cohen 1, would sell for over...
I have a complete type set from 1792 to present. (excluding the newly added Washington Crossing the Delaware coin which has just been issued.)...
I have always liked the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial $2.50, but a lot of people don't. The big knock on the coin is that it is in low relief. In...
You need to post pictures of the whole coin in order for me and others to give you advice. One thing for sure. It's worth more than a cent.
The grades for PCI coins could be all over the place. I saw that when I was dealer. Some of them were obviously under graded and crack-up...
The first coins that I graded came from my eight piece gold type set, and went to PCGS during the "rattle holder" period. I traded the Liberty $5...
I think that you have one of the "broken D" varieties. The "official thing" does not have any trace of the mint mark, and the reverse is strong....
I have always like the 1948 Franklin Half Dollar as the first of its kind. Here is an interesting challenge that will probably never be met....
Okay, time for the reveal and some commentary. The 1835 quarter eagle is graded MS-62+, CAC This piece is in my collection. The first 1838...
As Maynard G. Krebs from the “Dolby Gillis Show” used to say, “What a world we live in!” The big learning experience for me is that the Susan B....
Coins from the same era have been found and are on display at Jamestown, Virginia.
I’ll do the reveal on the three quarter eagle’s at mid morning.
Don’t poke the sleeping dogs in the ribs.
I think that the mint should continue to include cents in Proof and Mint sets for collectors. The cent is the only U.S. coin that is available for...
Okay I have told you that the 1836 is in an MS-62 holder. What do you think of these two? What grade would you give them? 1835 [ATTACH] 1838...
I agree. The NGC management seems to be pretty tolerant. The trouble is their forum is on the dull side and hard to follow. Some of the changes...
If you read Dr. Sheldon, the copper in the earliest U.S. copper coins came from wherever the mint personnel could find it. That included old...
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