When I was a kid collector and was looking to maintain a set of Kennedy Half Dollars, dealers wanted more for a Proof single Kennedy than the...
I think that your best buy is to purchase Proof sets in the original government holder. Look for sets that are not toned. The coins should all be...
Here are two examples. This one was issued by Aye's Pills, which is by far the most common merchant. This one still has some of the silvering...
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This 1858 Flyer was my type coin for a number of years. PCGS bounced it back to me in a body bag for "AT." I was angry about that to say the...
Coin collecting in America got started in 1857. Prior to that, there were very few collectors. The inspiration was the passing of the large cents....
It seems that Orlando has become a “hot spot” and cases are up, which is not surprising given its tourist draw. You are also dealing with an older...
The sound pictures seal the deal. Take the $300 and run.
I don’t care for purple spot on Lincoln’s neck and the color mix of green and purple on the reverse. The colors are rarely seen on original copper...
NGC would be the better choice, but I think you will be wasting your money. It might come back AT.
The things have “COPY” in them so they are legal. There’s nothing eBay or anyone else can do about it.
Roger Burdette wrote that the claim $3 gold coins were made to buy 100 postage stamps was not true. He cited that they were produced to facilitate...
$2.50 gold coins were more of an east coast coin. If you look at the Red Book listings, you will see that the Denver and San Francisco Mints...
Not that tiny. The $2.50 was the same size as a dime. In the early days of the mint, the same reverse dies were used to strike dimes and $2.50...
I don't think that the mint would do that today, but I have heard stories that guy with connections supplied silver to the mint which the facility...
That was a falsehood that was spread around when the $2.50 and $5 Indian coins were introduced that had the incuse designs. The thought was that...
Anything that was under the legal standard could bring rejection or discounts, regardless of how it happened.
Here is an example of a pre-Civil War broken bank note. This Milford, Delaware bank went broke and its money became worthless. This is an example...
They also had the right to weigh gold coins. If they were underweight because someone had scraped off some metal, they were worth less than face...
You can't blame her for posting twice. Sometimes you get confused, especially when you are new. Your cent is 59 years old, but they were saved in...
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