It's not exactly a monument, but it's close. It's the ruin of the church at Jamestown, Virginia. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here's a picture I took of...
I like this With Arrows Half Dollar, but the purists don't because it's been dipped. [ATTACH]
I have been drawn to 20 cents pieces since high school. This 1876 is not the most valuable one I have, but it is the best preserved example in my...
Yes, and therein lies the market for them at sometimes stupid (In my opinion) prices. As a friend of my father said when he was told that people...
The 1880 gold dollar has a mintage of 1,600, but with about 950 survivors, it's not as rare as it might seem. It's long been popular because of...
Lead is softer than gold. Since lead was frequently used as the "under metal" for fake gold coins (dense, heavy for its volume), the teeth marks...
No. Mint State and Proof copper coins are graded on two levels. First there is the wear (or lack there of) grade. Then there is the color grade. A...
That Statue of Liberty silver dollar looks like it's had more done to it than just wear. It looks like it's been through a rock tumbler and dipped...
After the government changed the reverse of the bullion gold coins, I have been looking to buy a type set, hoping the bullion price would go down....
No I didn’t “do good.” I’m just old and had interest in U.S. gold coins in the 1960s.
I have to post this one. It's the only "old Proof gold coin" I have in my collection. The Type III gold dollars have the highest Proof mintages of...
The Mexicans did a good job at making a coin that was only 10% silver look like silver, at least for a while.
You have got to be kidding. The 1795 half eagle listed for $75 in Fine and $150 in the first edition of The Red Book. That coin, which is an...
They show up in major auctions, but not that often even at major show, which Baltimore is. The only other one I had seen at a show had once been...
I have a "short set" of Type III gold dollars from 1880 to 1889, but I'm not going to take the slots away from others by posting all of them....
It would have taken a long time to have gotten down to that grade, even though it's gold. That's a rare date, but it wouldn't interest me at all...
This was the "soap bar" holder coin I have bought in many years. This a minor gold type coin. It was Gobrecht's first take on the $10 Liberty. I...
The first U.S. gold coin was the 1795 $5 gold piece with the Small Eagle reverse. It was a red letter day when I found this piece at a Baltimore...
Collectors should know how some dealers treat collector sellers. Some dealers have a policy, “I pay less to the public.” Really? When I was a...
Coin collecting differs from gambling in one respect. I tend to hold to things long enough, and I tend to make money.
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