Neither, according the cataloger. The claim, without any equivocations, is that it’s Bristol with Ricard as the moneyer. Since that is a...
One of the frustrating aspects of these coins is that even when the piece is well made for the type, the lettering is still mushy and hard to...
Let’s face it. When I was strictly a U.S. coin collector a decade ago, I would have looked at that Henry I penny and dismissed it out of hand as...
[ATTACH] William the Conqueor penny, Spink 1257 William the Conqueror issued nice coins for the medieval period after he seized England in 1066....
Real estate can make a lot of money for you. I know because I have made a a lot of money from it. I'm not so sure about about owning rental...
When copper-nickel coins corrode, they turn black or brown. That is true for nickels and clad dimes, quarters, half dollars and dollars.
When I was a coin dealer, collectors often asked me, “Are there any anti-slavery Civil War tokens?” The answer is yes, but the number of varieties...
It was the blot on the American Revolution. It was the contradiction that undermined Thomas Jefferson’s soaring human rights rhetoric in the...
I have always been under the impression that all of the Morgan silver dollars (excpet the garbage from China) were worth more than melt. Has that...
There is actually some logic to that. I have been able to buy an envelope full of nice ancient coins for the price I was paying for one so-so U.S....
It does not show in the photo, but with this piece, they could have gotten 9 or 10 bits out of that dollar.
And to top it off, I don't care for these coins in slabs ...
I have been shopping for a denarius of Aquilia Severa, who was the Vestel Virgin wife of Elagabalus and perhaps his only "true love." The only...
From my notebook: [ATTACH] Denarius of Julia Mamaea, Obverse: JULIA MAMAEA AVG “Julia Mamaea Augusta” Reverse: FECVND AVGVSTAE “Fecundity of the...
I've been totally blown out of the water in recent Heritiage auctions. It's like money is no object for these bidders. "Buyers' fees?" What are...
I have a couple of other pieces, but I could not find the pictures. This piece has gotten very pricey since I bought it years ago. There are not...
Unfortunately I don't own an sestertii. I have to get used to green copper and smoothing, as a "recovering collector of early U.S. copper." All of...
I have not handled a quarter since March. I have small tube of them that I used to fill up gradually over time as I got change. When I got to 40,...
No. According to DeWitt, J.E. Ellis made the dies and the Waterbury Button Company made them in quantity. The best current referance is Medals...
Your Grant token is a piece from the 1868 presidential campaign. It is listed in DeWitt / Sullivan as USG 1868-30. It is one of the common...
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