I have not seen this show in years. When I did happen to turn to it, I watched it for its entertainment value. I called the hosts “barkers,” and...
I mostly sold them when I was a dealer at the shows and to want list customers. Today I don’t do that much upgrading.
I usually sell my duplicates, but there are a few I have kept. I have three Delaware commemorative half dollars because that was state where I...
Not always. This coin has been counterstamped. People collect those, but the stamp has to mean something, and it’s often worth something on 19th...
Ironically things only got worse for collectors after Elder wrote this piece. In the 1930s, promoters and speculators gained control of the...
AU-50 These coins saw very little use in circulation. Most of them are in high grade. Most of the low grade pieces got there via damage, not wear.
It's a combination of a poor strike brought on by a worn die, possible post mint damage or struck partially out of the metal collar that surrounds...
Perhaps you have not been to a coin show in recent years, but if you have, you would know that some dealers have had copper rounds and bars out...
Very Find details, corroded or “environmental damage.”
Generally the four digit date Buffalos are worth 50 cents apiece. Paying 22.2 cents apiece looks to be a good deal, BUT I see a some brown ones in...
The rub down the leg of your coin is more obvious if that is the point of your posting. It goes down the thigh, knee and shinbone.
I have seen people push copper as an investment metal. It makes no sense to me. Even if the price goes up, you have to have a ton of it to make...
MS-63, just short of a full head. I do see a rub down the leg, but a lot of times they let that pass.
Years ago I read an article, and I apologize for not having the source, which might be in one of “anthology books” that covered a visit to one of...
Here is an 1909-VDB Cent in MS-65, Red to show what a Mint State example of this issue looks like. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Dipped in acid, dated 1942.
Here’s something that should always be on your mind these days when you get “bargain offers” like this. How many people sell thousands of dollars...
Some of them look suspicious to me. Angle and group shots are not the way to get opinions on authenticity.
Nice set! I have looked these sets from time to time and have always passed on them. Although there were a couple of good coins, too often there...
The are significant numismatic researchers (Roger Burdette) who say he didn’t like the St. Gaudens - Tiffany design also.
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