It is a great place to cherry pick rare die marriages and Redbook varieties. Almost all of my seated half collection came off eBay, mostly as raw...
The raw XF40 1856-O WB-17 just arrived, and it is excellent, having light, peripheral orange and blue rim toning that doesn't show above or in my...
1865 PCGS VF30 CAC - my wallet suffered mightily to win this one. It's an improvement over the PCGS VF25 1865 I purchased recently that has too...
John Milton, your Trade dollars are a tough act to follow. CACG XF45 - an anti-circ-cameo (photo by GFRC). [ATTACH]
Every now and then, I pick up a nice, raw coin off eBay for well below retail. This is from "The Happy Coin" on eBay. I've gotten other nice...
Those weak Ss and minute- and micro-Ss on some dates fool a lot of people. I know of someone who scored an 1873-S on a coin marked "1873,"...
Another "investment" I made was spending some time learning how to recognize 1855/54 overdates, particularly in blurry photos. I had already...
Over $100? Really? I sold this G6 for $90 two years ago. What do you think it is worth today? Edited to add - Good grief, I already posted...
I did that when I submitted the coin. I also added my unpublished notes on arrow position relative to the date which easily separates the two DMs...
I have one SLH that needs to have the attribution corrected. I don't know if the proper attribution, in this case, 1874 WB-5 SLH, will prompt...
To this excellent list, I'd add Wiley and Bugert 1993, "The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half dollars," which is available on the Newman...
I follow the Sheldon Rarity scale where R8=1-3 coins, R7=4-12 coins. R6=13-30 coins, R5=31-75 coins, etc. Here's an 1874-S WB-5 (Obverse 1 with...
A friend of mine found an 1853 seated quarter in AU while hunting a field where a Civil War recruitment site was located. It came out of the...
In my shorthand, "1886s" is plural for 1886. "1886-Ss" is plural for 1886-S.
Nice 1886s! Does the 1886 VAM1-C sell for a premium?
Do cherry picks count? This coin cost me $103. It sold for $512 on GC two weeks ago.[ATTACH] Cost $110. Sold for $335. [ATTACH]
One of my best circ cameos just got stickered. This coin was part of a raw, two-coin lot along with a nice, original 1853 quarter in Fine that...
It's a nice, well-struck coin, but I'm also getting anxious to finish my set and have been throwing money at the problem. I've had a tough time...
Two 1855/54overdates. This WB-2 was my third cherry pick off of eBay ($103) when I started hunting for these 55/54s back in Spring of 2021. It...
That's a good price for that attractive coin. I paid about $200 more for this XF45 coin with a green sticker off of Stacks Bowers. That was about...
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