On older coins, mint caused defects, like struck throughs and clipped planchets can actually lower the value. A few years ago, I was negotiating...
I have a set of Red Books from the First Edition to the present. I'll buy one with the traditional binder when it gets to my Barns and Noble...
The 40% silver half dollars were clad pieces. They had obverse and reverse layers made of 80% silver and 20% copper and a core that was 80% copper...
Don't forget impaired luster. That brings the grade down too, and this coin does look dull.
If this is true, that would put the CAC sticker into question because liquidity is supposed to be one of the reasons for buying material which has...
I don't see it as huge, and I don't see it as fresh so that it screams out at you. It is long, but it only looks big when you blow it up to many...
Given that it has been graded MS-63, I think that scratch is okay for the grade. The question though is there more luster than what is showing in...
The 1875-CC Twenty Cent Piece is noted for weak strikes, especially on the eagle’s left wing. This piece actually shows more detail on the Eagle...
It looks to be in VF condition, and the Grey Sheet says it's worth $7. That would probably what a dealer would hope to get, so he or she might pay...
Why? you can't buy anything with nickel or a dime, and the quarter is barely viable. Why mint a worthless coin?
Here is an example of the Scott token in white metal. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
There was a post in the "What's it Worth?" area of a modern reproduction of the Confederate Half Dollar. I promised to post a picture of the Scott...
I have decided to past a history of the Confederate Half Dollar in the U.S. Coins section. Here is an example of the Scott Restrike. [ATTACH]...
Yawn, although I thought that the reverse looked better on the SBA dollar than the Ike Dollar. Later when my co-workers complained that they had...
It is modern copy that lacks the subtleties of the real thing. I have a Confederate Restrike that was made with the original reverse die on the...
I have been buying coins from professional dealers since 1963. Cleaned or dipped coins were on the market then. In fact a lot of writers and...
Asking prices and prices realized are two different things.
I am going to ask you a favor, @ Exactly. The crud that was on that coin was going to promote corrosion. Removing it halted the process. One...
The demise of the large cent in 1857 got coin collecting started in this country. Large cents were not circulating well prior to the legislation...
1894 is a better date in the Morgan Dollar series. Why? The Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 was a disaster. Silver producers were able to...
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