Here is a genuine 1861-O half dollar. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The die breat for the Confederate coin is not spectacular. Here are a couple of...
Phony toning.
By 1872 some of the scandals that would plague the Grant presidency were coming to light. Chief among them was the Credit Mobilier scandal which...
You can try these. If they don't work, that's all I can do. The vaults are all closed. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
There are good half dimes around. I kept this one after I bought a Proof for type because I like it and the date. It is graded MS-64. [ATTACH]
Choice VF details, cleaned. Maybe it's the picture, the color really looks washed out, like the surfaces have been stripped. it's got that white...
I played the crack-out game when I was dealer because there was money to made doing it. As a collector, it's not worth the expense and effort....
Yes, but that extra point often adds a ton of money to the price. When registry fanatics get involved, logic and good sense sometimes go out the...
I think that coin has been cleaned, and that it has acquired secondary toning after it was cleaned or dipped. The “shine” on the piece looks...
Getting a grade higher than MS-67 for a coin from this era is an unrealistic expectation. PCGS has graded 6 in MS-68 and one in 68+. There is a...
Noyes is good guy, but his grading standards are the harshest on the planet. They are so conservative that you can’t really compare what he says...
The grading game between EAC and the rest of the U.S. coin market is similar to the grading used for ancient coins and hammered English. The...
One aid to learning how to grade coins is look at how much detail there is in a design when it is Mint State or Choice AU. From there you can...
A rule of thumb can be that you grade by "normal" srandards and then drop it a grade to get to the EAC grade. Some EAC guys are so conservative...
The net grade given in the Breen large cent book is VF-20 which seems to be about right to me. It's been 30 years, but in person I remember the...
My local club has one scheduled in November. Beyond that my next major will be Winter FUN if that comes off.
I just looked this up in the Breen large cent book. This coin sold in March of 1990 so my info is not as old as I thought. It's only been 30...
This 1798 large cent is an NC-1, a rare coin with a fairly small number of known examples. This piece piece cropped up on a Boston bid wall in a...
I have not spent a coin in three months, and I have not received one in change. This virus has left me house bound with everything paid with...
Right now my collection is limited to Roman Imperial from Julius Caesar to Constantine. I have more interest in the history than I am in getting...
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