Somehow I have to say that I am getting jaded when it comes these new mint products. But look on the bright side. At the least the U.S. Mint...
That 1796 half dollar is incredible. It beats the stuffing out of that dime in every way. Until you have been a type or half dollar collector for...
I refused to give a full throated endorsement to CAC. Soon after I refused to do that, Laura confronted me at a Baltimore show and gave me the...
These have also been called "prison coins." The inmates, who have nothing else better to do, "spoon" the sides of the coin for hours on end.
The grading services give bumps for attractive toning all the time. An otherwise MS-63 can become an MS-64 or 65. Of course some of the buyers...
A relevant question is, who was the underbidder? It took two to tango to get to that price.
Watered down scotch tastes a little like beer. I'm a scotch, burbon and wine man myself. I always found beer to be too heavy, but a light beer...
I think that the coin is attractive, but I’m not a big fan of the spotty toning that is on the obverse from 9 to 12 k. When you are paying this...
I love this post. She and her partner have trashed me repeatedly on the PCGS site. I once bought a $50,000 coin from them and placed a five figure...
The trouble is if it’s intentional, the interest goes out of it for most collectors. It certainly would for me. To be technical, the 1955...
There is a downside. I have only used the NGC restoration service once. It was to remove an ugly blue colored spot from the Indian’s throat on an...
Yes, I don't like holders with staples at all. Coins and sharp edges do not mix. I used to use the staped 2X2 cardboard holders for Civil War...
I cherry picked three 1864 Small Motto Two Cent Pieces when I was dealer. It seems like cherrypicking the 1864-L cents would be even easier given...
The scratch is in an out of the way place. It looks like a nasty staple scratch which is a no-no on a straight graded coin.
Sometimes you can see the difference. It need be no more than a spot in the field that is no bigger than a pinhole. Other times you can’t tell the...
The old DCAMs from the 1960s and before can be a lot pricier because they are a lot rarer. Only the coins that are DCAM on both sides count. The...
I have mostly seen MS70 treated coins in pictures, and what I have seen, I have not liked. This coin is maxed out right where it is. If you play...
The modern Proof coins, with their consistent DCAM surfaces, are truly lovely. There is a guy at my local club who submits these coins in slabs to...
The first picture shows too many marks on the neck and hair to be an MS-65. If that is an MS-65, then the 1864-L Cent I posted earlier in the day...
Yea, PCGS has no respect for NGC grades 99% of the time. When you ship a coin in an NGC holder to PCGS for the same grade, you have 2.99 strikes...
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