I have one Mega Red Book I bought cheap years ago because it was outdated. That’s all I need. I have a large number of the die variety references...
I have a complete year set of Red Books. I don’t have an of the varieties except for a couple my wife and received at a FUN anniversary banquet...
Angle shots can work, but you have to move the camera around and pay attention to what is in you viewing window. If the glare is in the window, it...
Even with these problems, these coins cost more than lottery ticket. Most dealers know what they have when they sell raw problem coins. The...
One of the TPGs, I for get which, put this one in a body bag (no grade) years ago. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It won’t get a straight grade. It will come back as “scratched.” @physics-fan3.14 is right. The EAC people will want this raw.
To me the announcement that the mint personnel could no polish the concave areas was an excuse, not a statement of fact. The outside mint...
The big scrape on the cheek takes it below MS-63. My grade would be MS-61 tops. That mark is really distracting, and MS-63 graded coins should not...
There was talk about the Washington Quarter becoming a one year commemorative coin, but I don’t think the government was serious about that. The...
Adjustment don't affect the grade, but they do affect the value. I once saw an early U.S. gold coin that was an AU, but it had heavy adjustment...
It might come back as a "details" grade coin, but not because of the minor rim issues. I don't care for the color, especially above the eagle's...
Please limit your questions to one or two coins per post. You will get better and more answers. Having said that, here are my observations. The...
The Hoover administration stopped the commemorative coins from being issued as long as it was in power. Once it ended on March 4, 1933, the first...
You have explained why I am out of the U.S. coin market. One man should not have power to dictate which coins can go into my collection.
I disagree. If CAC published the serial numbers of coins they rejected, the company would go bankrupt from the lawsuits it would face. PCGS and...
All CAC is supposed to be saying is that John Albanese's network of dealers are willing to pay an undisclosed price for a coin because they think...
Here are couple of Matte Proof-66 Buffalo Nickels. Do you really think that these pieces are prettier? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The one thing you can't do is swirl them under the light. That's where the problems showed up on that 1853 Arrows and Rays piece I posted.
Collector’s Note: The 1936 Proof set has been at the fringes of my collecting radar since the mid-1960s. I became interested in Proof sets in 1964...
It is tough to judge this coin from these pictures. Sometimes you have to see these coins in person to grade them precisely. Here is a half...
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