Here is the piece in my collection. NGC called it an MS-62, but I am more in the AU-58 camp. It's called "market grading." [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have a collection of inaugural medals that runs from 1892 to 1964. After that it gets spotty. There are some presidents, Democrat and...
I am concerned about the shiny area on the left side of the obverse. It is in front of the face of Ms. liberty and runs between the first and...
Some are nicer than others. The mint didn't pay attention to die wear when they were making these pieces, and they were not careful when the...
Here is an 1876 presidential election medalet from the Hays campaign. This piece is scarce. The country was sill feeling the effects of the Panic...
This small medal or "medalet" is part of the "United States Mint Medals of the Presidents" set. They are reduced sized copies of the large...
Lincoln Cents from circulation 1960 - Indian Cents and Type Coins (out with the Indians in the early 1970s, type coins go on for years) -...
Since I am more interested in the type coin than the source, I filled the Type I slot in my set with an 1857-S $20 gold from the SS Central...
Perhaps $2,500 to $3,000? Heritage auctioned one that was worse for $1,440. Two others with less rough surfaces brought $5,760 and $7.050.
I bought it because it was very attractive at $550 when common date Liberty $20 gold were going for $475. Why would I blindly accept a dealer’s...
That is a very nice set. The toughest type to find in grades beyond MS-63 is the Type II Liberty Head with "In God we trust" and "TWENTY D." The...
Whitman publishes this book by Zander H. Klawans. I have the Roman part of this reference in a small green hardcover book that I bought back in...
It's not my coin, but I think that this one looks like a pig with a trunk. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is the coin in my collection. The elephant...
There is no way that the government could or will put us back on the Gold Standard. There is not enough it of it in the world to back a currency...
Another factor to consider is "grade-flation." I have not been shopping for a 1907 High Relief for a long time. I don't know if the services have...
It doesn’t matter. The issue over the 1943 bronze cents is a lot older than 15 years. Back in the ‘60s, some dealers swore up and down that they...
Opps! @robp beat me to it, but Edward the Confessor (1042 to 1066) is the only English king or queen who has been made a saint. He got his name...
The "3" is not the right shape. The genuine 1943 cents, both steel and copper, have a "3" that reached below the line in the date. The OP doesn't...
To be frank, the half dollar died in 1964 when the Kennedy coin was introduced. Before then you would get them in change now and then. After that...
A lot of the big stores won't show you much of anything. They keep it in the back and only show their best clients. They don't have any time for...
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