There are some interesting monetary lessons to be learned from collecting Confederate currency that have nothing to do with taboo subjects. Money...
EF-45? Grade-flation. The OP coin has too much wear for the EF-45 grade. The "LIBERTY" is a bit weak from wear, and it's obvious that this coin...
They are worth a quarter apiece. The mintages on these coins was very high, which was good thing. It let every citizen have a keepsake from the...
It looks like a pretty good deal. The great thing is none of them were minted in China. You really have to watch that these days. Just because...
The slab grade is probably EF-40, but it's a VF-30 to me.
The only altered date large cents that worth anything to collectors are the well done 1815 pieces. For those who are not familiar with the cents,...
Was it an 1881-S Morgan Dollar? If it was, they can grade those very conservatively because so many of them are very nice.
You really have to get to MS-64 and higher to have a "nice" or high grade Connneticut. These coins were sold to collectors who knew how to...
I don't see a Proof here. It looks frosty to me. I'd go MS-65. The grading on these could all over the place years ago, and this is an old holder...
Before looking at the end, I voted MS-62. There are many fine hairlines in the fields.
Stressed out dies. Nickels are very tough coins, and they can chew of dies like crazy. It was a big problem in the 19th century. Mint workers...
I have done the "one coin at a time" thing with the 1936 to 1942 sets, but I've had the 1950 to date sets in the mint holders for a long time. The...
All of which is true, but there are a lot of scratches on the obverse too. These nickel coins are hard as nails and held up very well in...
Since the mark is on the reverse, they might ignore it. As for which service, I have been out of that game for a long time.
A fellow told me this officer was from Massachusetts. I don't know if that is accurate. Chamberlin was from Maine.
That’s crazy. These altered to rare date large cents seem to pop up frequently in old “one a year” date collections. Must of the dealers I know...
Back in 1995, the mint issued some of the Civil War commemorative coin sets in a modern version of the "Union case." The top and bottom of the box...
Most of the value in many of these sets comes from the melt value of the gold and silver coins. This 1995 Civil War set has a little collector...
MS-66 o_O No way with the minor marks on the cheek and the bigger mark in the upper left obverse field. I was thinking MS-63+ PL or 64 PL. For...
It looks like a classic EF-40 that some might call VF-35 because of the edge mark. on the reverse. It is a sharply struck example from a era that...
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