Rare coins are rare. What you want to buy is what everyone has always wanted to buy. These coins are out there, but most are owned by collectors...
Most likely yes, but "cleaned" and "harshly cleaned" are two different things. Still has decent luster. If no cleaning scratches it might be...
True, but for some of us its more "examine once a decade versus put in a box and never look at it while they live". :)
I like Doug's idea if you want something immediately. I am kind of curious why patterns? If you did not KNOW what regular production coinage...
I find that a 10x is adequate most of the time. It will depend on your eyesight. I am very near sighted, so have excellent near vision. If yours...
Sure look odd for silver. Usually silver is black coming out of the ground. Being green, I have to assume debased silver with copper if they are...
Nothing wrong with that sir. I never meant to demean your coin, just bringing up how different looking coins can be worth similar. There is a...
We should all hope for hyperinflation over deflation. Both are bad, but deflation eats away at your economic core. Look at Japan.
They were not found protected in pots, but loose finds. If copper coins are lost in acidic soil they will look like that, (or worst). This is very...
I would hold back half the stack. I wish I had bought a few more of them, just buying a few at the time. I can never see these bringing huge...
Very, very bad fake. Whoever made it knows nothing of US coins really. Sorry.
Maybe I am assuming his surfaces are normal circulated surfaces from the period. It appears so from his pics. I have a few dozen similar coins in...
Not bad, but then again there is a tradeoff between detail and surfaces. I prefer the OP's surfaces to yours, so in my view they are similar.
Nice VG. You cannot read liberty, (btw the word liberty should be readable easily, I used to use a loupe or squint my eyes, but that is not the...
Correct, but all of Thierry's publications I believe are in French. I would be the first to line up and buy them if in English. I just dislike...
I know $25 is $25, (I am an accountant), but I would chalk it up to their systems not being properly updated. Are you happy with the coin at $375?...
Nice representative cash Gil-Galad. In my mind, the ban liang, Wu Zhu, and Kai Yuan Tong Bao cannot be underestimated. They would be somewhat akin...
Nice one, much rarer than the proof issues. I had most of these from 1880-1889, but don't remember which I was missing. TBH I haven't looked at...
Yes, I heard this at the time that a lot of the mad rush at the mints were only to get the coins shipped to chicago to get ANA holders. The whole...
Good suggestions Doug. I had already done searches of one of these. Is it a pretty bad sign that from all three of these search engines, this coin...
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