Sorry, clearly over graded. This one is graded MS-64. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is the box that housed these coins. The fact that it is made of...
Sometimes the grading services refuse to give an opinion when there is too little left to be sure of one. They will keep your money, however.
When a piece is this damaged, most collectors won't pay much of anything for it. These days, another factor is authenticity. Although you might...
Even if it is a 1909-S Lincoln, it's not worth much of anything.
MS-63. You can’t ignore the big mark by the bell tower on the reverse. If the color really is as funky as it seems in the photo, it might go...
My copy became a "lose leaf reference" very early. I have seen examples that have held together somehow. This seemed to be a problem with the...
Because problems with red copper never go away. They are eternal. That’s why I don’t like it.
If the Dansco has cardboard in it, that could be the start of your problem. In 60+ years of collecting, I have never stored Proof coins in those...
It costs money to return stuff to the mint. When I was a dealer, I came to the conclusion that it was throwing money after bad.
Sorry, but I am sure that picture was posed in someone else’s library. Breen was quite “unkept.”
You don’t really know if a coin or variety is rare until you put the information out there and have collectors check out what they have. I don’t...
I am not a VAM guy. I have the book, as I do for many things, but I don’t collect them. As for the coin, my grade would be MS-63 or 64. The...
This is why I almost always go to my local dealer and pay him a minor premium to get the annual Proof set for my collection. The mint does put...
The short phrase is “piece of junk” if you are hoping to ever get your money out of it. You are free to collect whatever appeals to you, but this...
@Buttons, it all depends upon what these better coins are worth. The rule of thumb used to be a value of $200 before you even considered getting a...
The 1797 cent has never been graded Mint State by anyone. It has always been various levels of AU.
The picture of the full slab makes it look like a good coin. The close-up pictures are over exposed and misleading. Going by them, it looks like...
The is a contest in the PCGS registry for the poorest known coins that are not damaged, believe it or no. Collectors will pay high prices for this...
When I blew up the picture of the slavery token, I could see that black mark on the obverse is really serious. It goes down into the surface of...
If it’s not a one year type, and you can’t read the date, it’s not a Poor-1. Dr. Sheldon called the lowest grade Basal State (BS) - 1. You didn’t...
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