Your 1877 cent is really a great circulated piece, @Eduard. The main devices are boldly defined, and the surfaces are “hard” and smooth. The...
This is really super PR-64. I wish that they could all be this nice for the grade. [ATTACH] 1917 MS-65, Full Head [ATTACH] 1920 Type II...
Yes, they are mine. Gordian III coins are very common because he was very wealthy and could afford to issue a large number of coins. Gordian III...
Not all of them haze over, but a large number have.
As Doug Winter said, "If you did not do well at the 2026 Winter FUN show, you are in the wrong profession."
These two are among the more famous Roman imperial coin rarities. If the portrait has hair, it's Gordian I, the father [ATTACH] If he's bald,...
I think that you might have both adjustment marks and damage. The thicker lines in the center of the obverse look like adjustment marks. The other...
I bought this one when I was a dealer and kept it. It's NGC graded AU-58, but it would not shame a Mint State type set. [ATTACH]
Here are a couple of real ones. This one is in my one a year cent set. It's graded EF-45. [ATTACH] I bought this one raw from a member of the...
I gave up on the base metal Proof sets more than 10 years ago. I have collected only the silver sets after the State Quarter ended in 2009. With...
The obverse and reverse of the 1968-S cent look like two different coins. The obverse is an easy “BU.” The reverse is a scruffy AU. The Ike...
There no where near enough red on that cent to call it R&B.
Some of government’s inserts are not inert. Many Proof sets, like the 1970-S, are notorious for promoting toning on the cent. A large number of...
MS64,Brown
My grandmother was born in 1883. She had this love token from her stash of coins which she kept in a safe. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, buy the item in the grading service holder that you desire. As a veteran collector of 65+ years, I seldom have items graded. The last time...
It depends upon you want to have graded. NGC is the leading service for foreign and ancient coins. PCGS is the leading service for U.S. coins. ICG...
Here's a close up of the 1929 $2.50. It was graded "BU," and it really is BU about an MS-63 or 64. [ATTACH]
Sesquicentennial Coins? This is in low relief with the sitting president, Calvin Cooledge, on the obverse. He was still alive at the time, but...
The 1800 half cent has it's feet in the 18th and 19th centuries. The obverse was the "new" Draped Bust design. The half cent was the last of the...
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