If the 1909 to 1958 Lincoln Cents were put into one album, the result would be huge and unwieldy. The trouble is with all the mint marks and the...
I’m amazed that he found two of them in a “tag sale.”:rolleyes: It has one of the usual Chinese toning looks. Then when you look at it in detail,...
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Yes, sadly both have been cleaned. The Plain 4 piece is quite common for a Classic $5 gold. The Crosslet 4 piece is really scarce. It’s scarcer...
The Fugio is ever better. It’s one of Club Rays varieties.
I have the Hawaiian in MS-64 and the Spanish Trail in MS-66.
That’s a little like the color set of early large cents Dr. Sheldon built probably in the 1940s. It was still intact when the Dan Holmes...
It must have been a custom made holder with coins the collector didn’t have left out.
Both coins are nice for their grades. The weakness on the left side of the 1811 half cent reverse legend area is normal. The color and surfaces...
It’s a nice coin, and it has no buying power. So why not keep it? It was the first “S Mint” coin, with the mint mark, qissued for general...
I would take the claim, “first coin struck with this die” with a grain of salt. There is no way to prove that unless the Denver Mint did that the...
MS-65, Brown
The trouble with judging cleaning from pictures is that angle of photo can hide hairlines. I once had an 1853 With Arrows half dollar that had...
Here is one of the Bronze pieces that were made in France after the dies were re-created for the replacement gold medal. These pieces are scarce...
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AU-55. I see evidence of circulation and not enough luster to grade it Mint State.
I had an 1865 that had some monster clashes. I wish I still had it.
I have not done that over the past five years. People come out of the woodwork to bid in auctions these days. They think they are "protected"...
Yes, that 19th century "mahogany finish" is great. Today we have put up with the “yellow bronze” sand blasted stiff which usually looks awful....
Auctions are usually very unpleasant places to acquire coins. The prices are often sky high, and collectors, who have looked for certain items for...
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