Quite true ... Actually it was cheaper than that. Metal prices should always be considered in context with the cost of living.
I'd leave it alone. An attempts to even the color will look worse.
My uncle John gave me the 13th Edition of the The Red Book and the two Lincoln Cent folders for Christmas in 1959. Before that I had been hoarding...
It looks genuine to me. It's only missing some of its original metal.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I remember when I bought this one for $20 many years ago, a guy quipped, "You would have thought that later owners would have...
Yes, down to like the $1,850 range after a high of over $2,000. I am still buying numismatic gold coins, old British pieces, but have stayed away...
It’s probably in an MS-64 NGC holder. I think that it may have been dipped and not rinsed properly. It’s odd because usually the 1875-CC shows...
“Uncirculated” is an unfortunate term. If a piece has no wear and no environmental damage, it’s Mint State. If you want to split hairs and say...
The OP coin is Mint State. It’s not a super Gem Mint State coin. I remember having this discussion with the late Herb Silberman who was a...
You would be surprised to know how “bad” an MS-63 can be on these coins. They can have lots of marks an spots.
Yes, way too many small marks to make MS-67. Those grades are almost impossible to get because the coins were not made to the exacting standards...
Wartime inflation was not the only problem. Before the war, the mint, which was located in the Tower of London, was almost 1,000 years old, and...
The coins he issues with official designs but with non-existent dates have not been called counterfeits. I don't care for them because there is a...
Yes, this "Frist Strike," "Early Issue" and many of the other labels that prompt collectors to pay more for the rather ordinary coins, is...
The Napoleonic Wars (mid 1790s until 1815) caused a great monetary upheaval in England. During the war, much of the regular coinage was hoarded,...
I don’t bid on anything unless I want it. I track some auction lots for pieces that I own to check the current market, but I don’t bid on them.
It is hard to say what kept that 1820 cent die together. It must have lasted a long time because the variety is quite common. I will have to look...
Yes, after getting defective coins in a set priced at almost $800, I agree. The only things I want now are the annual Proof sets in Silver.
Are you sure that's a die crack? It has to be raised above the surface of the coin. If it's into the coin, it's a struck-through or scratch.
It's going back tomorrow, but I will still have to pay to return it.
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