As a piece of advice, the green spot to the left of the “T” in “TRUST” on the obverse is a corrosion spot. That defect will prevent the coin from...
From what I have read, counterfeit British sovereigns are fairly common and even have some legitimacy. When the supply of sovereigns was running...
I would be nervous buying silver at the $90 an ounce price. Maybe this run up will continue, but the merry-go round is going to stop sometime. If...
The few times I have been to a pawn shop, on all but one occasion, the owner was as friendly as a junk yard dog. They are concerned that a...
A professional grader would assign the correct grade to the piece from the beginning. A greedy, unprofessional grader wants more money to give the...
It is a private issue so it does not qualify as a coin. It is a token. These pieces are an interesting piece of economic history. The first...
When John Reich became an assistant engraver at the mint, he added values to his designs starting in 1807 with the half dollar.
The half dime is half the weight and has a diameter of 16.5 mm versus 19 mm for the dime. The only silver coins with a value on the face of the...
I have been a "nut" about early half dimes since I was in high school. The trouble is I could not afford them. When I got my first job out of...
Years ago I owned a 1797, 16 star dime. I sold the piece when I bought an upgrade for the type. A few months ago I bid on a 1797, 16 star dime in...
No, I don't have a Bar Cent. I dabble with coins in 1780s; I'm not that much of a serious of a collector for that period.
One feature of the 1873 U.S. coins is that the date has an open and closed 3. The closed 3 came first. On some coins that date was quite small,...
Then you have to slide the slabs into plastic sleeves to prevent scratching the windows. I put PCGS and NGC boxes in my safe deposit box for my...
It's hard to say from those photos. See if it looks similar to this one which has normal, original surfaces. [ATTACH]
According to my friend, not necessarily. PCI had many owners, some good, some not so good.
The more recent PCGS slabs, with the chip in them, are too thick to fit into NGC boxes. You have to put them in catty cornered. The NGC slabs are...
If you are going to sell them on-line as single pieces, you have to charge something like that to make it worth your time. I am surprised it isn't...
Steve Hayden had an original, undistributed box of red tokens, at the recent FUN show. It had government instructions on for their use on it. I...
I got a lot of quotes which were higher than the PCGS Coinfacts retail numbers. Usually those numbers are on the high side. Needless to say I...
I have to admit that this year’s winter FUN was almost too big for me. I went in looking for five Liberty quarter eagle dates. I found four of...
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