Here is a fundamental question. Why are cleaned or polished coins "bad?" Most collectors want their coins to be as close to the way they were...
Here's one of the boxes that housed the Pan-Pac sets. [ATTACH] Here's how it looks with "virtual coins" in it. I spent some time doing this when...
These are loads of them around, and they are always available for a price. Those prices have been getting lower in recent years because the market...
EF-AU sharpness, but it appears to have been polished. One of the skills that one needs to grade coins and spot problem pieces is to be able to...
Here is an 1893 Columbian half dollar and a leather pouch in which it was sold. It is my understanding that these pouches, which come in several...
Black is not a good color on a copper-nickel coin. It is the color of corrosion. This applied to the “thick, white cents” of the Civil War era,...
MS-65 before I saw the reveal. These coins coins consistently come nice. Low grade ones are unusual.
My perception was that they were very inconsistent. People upgraded coins from PCI grades to higher ones in PCGS holders. Other times their grades...
Reading that makes me think that the dealers who know that they are submitting problem coins do so without the Gold Shield. If that's true, PCGS...
To me this is a huge disappointment. If the grading companies have the technology and can detect this stuff, they should be doing for ALL of the...
This sums up what should be the proper advice for collectors who are getting into Internet buying. Unfortunately, with virus killing so many coin...
It appears to have AU sharpness, but the photo does not tell me anything about the remaining luster. It might also be a counterfeit. The out of...
Congratulations! When I was a dealer, I built a couple of Morgan sets for my customers. I know how much time and money that takes.
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The OP is a fake. As anther posted noted, the “1” in the date and the dentile that is supposed to be under it don’t line up properly. There is...
In my younger days, I went to New York City many times. I had a three month internship with AT&T in the financial district. I never knew this...
In modern kidnap situations, it's called "proof of life." Back then sending the head to someone was "proof of death." They also liked to put the...
I have heard that it's the same stuff they use on car fender repairs. They put it over the marks and then cover it with gold or silver paint.
Here is my piece. The best thing it has going for it, is that it came with the original envelope. I found this at a political items convention....
I have been using the "Wild Winds" site with great success to attribute my Roman imperial coins. I was surprised to read this about the emperor...
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