The big scrape on the cheek takes it below MS-63. My grade would be MS-61 tops. That mark is really distracting, and MS-63 graded coins should not...
There was talk about the Washington Quarter becoming a one year commemorative coin, but I don’t think the government was serious about that. The...
Adjustment don't affect the grade, but they do affect the value. I once saw an early U.S. gold coin that was an AU, but it had heavy adjustment...
It might come back as a "details" grade coin, but not because of the minor rim issues. I don't care for the color, especially above the eagle's...
Please limit your questions to one or two coins per post. You will get better and more answers. Having said that, here are my observations. The...
The Hoover administration stopped the commemorative coins from being issued as long as it was in power. Once it ended on March 4, 1933, the first...
You have explained why I am out of the U.S. coin market. One man should not have power to dictate which coins can go into my collection.
I disagree. If CAC published the serial numbers of coins they rejected, the company would go bankrupt from the lawsuits it would face. PCGS and...
All CAC is supposed to be saying is that John Albanese's network of dealers are willing to pay an undisclosed price for a coin because they think...
Here are couple of Matte Proof-66 Buffalo Nickels. Do you really think that these pieces are prettier? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The one thing you can't do is swirl them under the light. That's where the problems showed up on that 1853 Arrows and Rays piece I posted.
Collector’s Note: The 1936 Proof set has been at the fringes of my collecting radar since the mid-1960s. I became interested in Proof sets in 1964...
It is tough to judge this coin from these pictures. Sometimes you have to see these coins in person to grade them precisely. Here is a half...
That is only because they have a special cover that marked an event. The old, run of the mill Red Books, after the first 10 editions are not worth...
Here is an 1842 dime, which is the previous type, which NGC called MS-63. I had it graded myself after I bought it raw. It was overgraded in the...
I probably have 600 to 700 graded coins. I have never counted them. The percentage is going down because I'm collecting ancient Roman and...
It looks like you have been using your metal detector in a place that has been "salted." The first fake coin could not have been in the ground for...
1955 two peso - it's a bullion coin that is not worth submitting. 1902 Barber Half Dollar - only in Good-4 condition, not worth submitting. 1926...
Here is a similar view of William McKinley and Theordore Roosevelt on a pinback jugate. Note the gold background which was a subtle way to say...
If you study the 3rd century emperors in very much detail, you learn that an emperor who made his son a caesar or co-emperor was probably signing...
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