I have never understood while a collector would buy a date and mint mark combination like this in Fine when can get get higher grade pieces for...
No, it’s one of Head of ‘94 varieties. A Head of ‘93 in this condition would sell for a 5 - figure price.
It’s a CC dollar, but it’s not a tough date within that group. You can find one in this grade without the rim issues, so why stress over this one....
Why bother cluttering it up by mentioning Harding, who had nothing to do with the fund raiser except the Congressional log rolling? I think that...
My records indicate that the set cost $551.45 including the postage. Adding up the piece parts on the Graysheet, it comes to $470.00. It might be...
I didn't know who Henry "Hap" Arnold was until I acquired this set. He died when I was small child.
Every United States commemorative coin has a story to tell, but the history surrounding the 1925 Stone Mountain half dollar is one of the most...
My set is scheduled to be delivered by the end of the day on Friday.
I don't usually buy these "add on" items that the mint sells with the commemorative coins, but I made an exception here. This is a flip chart with...
Greetings fellow shut-ins. Tomorrow is a red letter day. At 7 AM sharp I get to go the food store for the official "senior hour." After that I...
It seems like the mint is working on a Reverse Proof type set on coin per year. Perhaps next year there will be a Reverse Proof dime followed by a...
The grading service price guides are marketing oriented. The truth is determined by what people pay. Years ago PCGS grading was more conservative...
It’s been that way for a long time, but some of them do well. When I gave up on all of the copper-nickel sets after the State Quarter series, I...
PCGS has a great deal more influence in the modern coin market than NGC. Some of that is justified; some of it isn’t. You can find coins just as...
I learn many things from coins, and they have inspired me to learn much more about British and ancient Roman history. I read that coins are...
It’s only different terminology as @GoldFinger1969 said.
I hope you are right. At any rate, Russia, with an economy slightly smaller than Italy, is trying to be “the mouse that roars” when it thinks the...
I admit to not knowing a lot about this, but design has late 19th century look to it. Sherman refused to get involved in politics (If nominated, I...
I agree with the AU-50 grade. Given grade-flation I am surprised it’s no higher.
Catalogers call it "an art deco eagle."
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