Yea that changed as the mint needed new master tools to make the dies. It takes a lot of pressure to strike a big coin like a silver dollar. That...
I ordered one of the Proofs. I learned during my research for an exhibit of the 1936 Proof set that a 1936 Proof Peace Dollar would have been...
Last summer, everything was on 6s and 7s for me because we were getting the house tented for termites (something that is not "if" but "when" in...
I can’t get enough of that King of Siam Proof set. If I had won the Power Ball drawing, I would have started making offers to the current owner.
Yes, they were wrapped in tissue paper until the 1936 issues, which were paced in celluloid sleeves and then wrapped in tissue paper. It’s the...
"Sweating gold” in bags is an age old practice. You put a bunch of gold coins in a bag and shake it up for a while. After doing this a few times,...
I have a vague memory of these turnpike tokens, and remember buying a roll of them at some point. Still the design shown in the photos did not...
It also happened in in 1841. Van Buren finished his four year term; William Henry Harrison lived for only a month in office; and then John Tyler...
I would say some were in the MS-63 to 64 category. It has a lot of very small field surface marks. That was the drawback to the incuse design. The...
I believe there are, but there would be a good reason for that to happen. The mint continued to put out 1964 dated 90% silver coins in 1965. It is...
Proof 66, Red. It may or may not get a cameo. The Cameo designation is always dicey and inconsistently applied.
The Early American Coppers Club was founded by Herb Silberman and Warren Lapp. They started out covering only the early large cents that are...
Like I said, I am not a full step Jefferson, full bans Mercury or full bell lines Franklin person. So I don't have a definitive answer for you. I...
I bought the coin in the holder, so I am happy. I had paid a fortune for raw, and had it graded, that would been a different situation.
The 1807 half dollar was one of Reich’s early pieces. I would say that they are similar.
The $5 is one tiny rub away from a great coin. It was struck as an MS-67, but has a tiny rub in the obverse field. PCGS called it MS-61. Stacks’,...
Do you know that he “signed” his dies with a notch on 13th star on his silver and gold coins? The notch disappeared when he left the mint in 1817.
It’s an NGC MS-65 and is as nice in person as it is in the photo. Thanks!
You may as well if you are convinced that it 90% silver. It's the only way you are going to get big bucks for it as an off-metal piece.
The coin appears to be 1971-S 40% Proof Ike Dollar. Those coins were not sold in "mint packages" with other coins. They were sold as singles in a...
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