Back in the mid 90’s, I bought a set of five 1954 Mint Sets from a well-known dealer in a dealer to dealer transaction. A couple of the envelopes...
It the lettering is amateurishly spaced with flowers and horns interspersed, it could be an Indiana Primitive Civil War token. The Jackson quote...
People don’t carry as much money to lose. Now it’s mostly done with credit and debit cards.
There are three major varieties of 1864 Indian Cents. The first one was made of copper-nickel, 88% copper, 12% nickel. It is thicker and heavier...
“You can’t fix junk.” That is the most important thing you typed.
Sorry, those marks appear to be post mint damage. Nothing about them appear to be part of the minting process.
The rules have long been if a mark was made as a part of the minting process, it would not count against the technical grade of the piece....
Yea, this comment has really cut down on the demand for half dimes and gold dollars. If you have a nice enough magnifying glass, you might...
Although I have cut way back on my U.S. coin purchases, I would like to find a really nice 1829 half dime. From what I have read, although the...
Both sides have a cast coin look to them. I don't think that it is genuine.
Genuine silver and Ike Dollar errors are rare. The reason is that these coins are so larger that it is hard for them to slip by the inspection...
You comment that, “with prices so high,” made me feel a little better. I thought that I was the only one who thought that market was running a bit...
This is reason why I think CAC has too much influence over the coin market. It’s one man’s opinion, and his opinions are not perfect. Yet, so...
The repair on that 1795 dollar is scary good. The main spot I see is to the left of the last “A” in “AMERICA” on the reverse. The letters in...
The 1950-D nickel was hard to find because a couple of dealers were able to hoard a large portion of the mintage. One of them claimed he built a...
If a private business had the same pricing policies as the mint, it would have gone out of business by now. The mint raised the price of large...
Interesting that there were no takers on my 1861 $20 gold piece question. I guess it's time for the reveal. [ATTACH] The August Grey Sheet bid...
Here is an example. Which coin do you think is better? 1861 $20 Gold #1 [ATTACH] 1861 $20 Gold #2 [ATTACH]
As some new collectors have said elsewhere, they buy new stuff from the mint because there are not major grading controversies. Sure, there is MS...
Join the club. I am a charter member. I find it to be a lot more fun talking about the history, politics and economics that this grading stuff....
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