John, coming from you, that is a tremendous complement. Although I don’t collect cents by die variety, I have greatly enjoyed your Cent Book. I...
Half dollars were more useful than silver dollars, but as it is with virtually everything, you can have too many of them. You can mint them to the...
The silver producers wanted the government to buy silver to support the market price. The Bland - Allison Act, which authorized the Morgan Dollars...
An altered date actually a minor problem compared with the Chinese counterfeits. At least you are getting something that is 200+ years old. As...
Yes, the Feuchtwanger cent, and his Hard Times era three cent pieces are part of the Hard Times Token series. He also issued three cent pieces...
The Panic of 1837 was a particularly nasty economic depression that lasted for almost six years. It was a period of great hardship for many...
The way coins are circulating these days, most Americans won't see them anyway. They will be seen mostly in collector sets sold at a premium by...
Jack, that is really scary. If that piece is bad, they have gotten their "art" down the inclusion of planchet defects, which are common on these...
I think that the sharpness grade will be more like Fine or even VF going by today's relaxed standards. I used to have this piece in my collection,...
Neither am I. The coin has that fuzzy look of a counterfeit. Here is a genuine example I sold a year or so ago. This dark color is typical of the...
How about this? [ATTACH] There was a time when people thought black and white pictures were the best thing for coins. those days have past....
Old time EF-45, current AU-53.
The Chinese have made a 1958 cent. Nothing is safe from them. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, you can't say it on the PCGS blog, but "True View" pictures of a coin are like the photos of the girls that appeared in my high school year...
I am 90% sure that the 1888 is a counterfeit. It has that Chinese look to it. If it's not a counterfeit, it's been cleaned to death and therefore...
I agree. I don't know why you are showing us pieces of coins to get an opinion. Here's the coin in my set which grades PCGS MS-64, CAC. You can...
That scratch is minor, but it's there and matters on a coin that grades AU. The piece has great eye appeal and would be a wonderful addition for...
Planchet defects are no unusual for Fugio cents. These coins were made on the fly because the people who were involved in making them were not...
That is mostly true. They have trouble with the fact a medal can be struck multiple times to bring up the design. A coin for circulation can only...
That 1826 cent may have been dug and conserved. Remember that where you see porosity is a place where metal has been lost. Copper toning can...
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