After the Dupont robbery, there were a couple of them that disappeared from sight for a while, but both of those coins have been recovered. One of...
When you country or cause is going down the tubes, governemnts are ready to do just about anything. The Continental Congress did the same thing...
The 1864 five and ten dollar confederate notes are the most common pieces in the series. By the end of the war, the Confederacy was desperate...
From the financial perspective, it is probably close to a tie between the Type I and Type II gold dollars. There are only six coins in the Type II...
Here is an 1850-D gold dollar. This is graded EF-45 which is accurate. There are touches of mint luster around the devices, especially on the...
The 1853-D is one of the more common Dahlonega Mint gold dollars. The specialists generally rate the 1850-D has the toughest date among the Type I...
That is a really neat medal, @cpm9ball. :rolleyes:
Some people might say that I am stuck in the 19th century, but thanks for spotting it. I am sorry tjat it took attention away from what I wanted...
One of the first U.S. gold coins that I can remember seeing was an 1853-D gold dollar. My mother’s cleaning lady had four gold dollars that were...
I really dislike the “cornering the market” thing. The person who does it almost always loses money because selling the commodity is like an...
I like the 1850 dime that stickered, but I can’t agree with the 1845 half dime with large mark on Ms. Liberty’s breast.
What matters to those who know how to grade is, "What is the REAL grade? not what does the slab say or, "Does it have a sticker?" ON AVERAGE the...
Henry D. Higgins was from Mishawaka, Indianan. He was a jeweler and an optometrist who also made barometers for farmers who needed to know...
The Chinese have made a number of nonexistent date and mint mark combinations in the Morgan Dollar series. It’s not beyond the realm of...
I agree, VF -25 with good eye appeal for the grade.
Just what we need ... another gimmick coin. I have the baseball things, but it was only because I wanted to keep my $5 gold set up to date. Since...
I have an interest the original holders that contained U.S. commemorative coins, both old and modern, but the slab holder thing has never done...
This two coins have an interesting history. During the period prior to the Constitution when the national government operated under the Articles...
The Draped Bust design really got me interested in early U.S. coins. Here is my avatar coin, an 1805, 4 berries variety dime. I have now have many...
I have not viewed black as a good color for copper-nickel coins after I learned that the black 1862 Indian Cent I purchased while in high school...
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