If the rich guys were saving them, where are the high grade Type II $20 coins. We get high grade Type Is from ship wrecks. Not all rich guy were...
Very few. For $20, you could have bought some nice, interesting coins. In addition, in 1880, the average income was $345 a year. A $20 gold piece...
Maybe VF-25. From what I've seen, low grade of examples of the early half dimes are usually really beat-up. That's why this coin is so...
Yes, they net graded it (overgraded it in my opinion) to VF-35. It doesn't matter to me. I'm just glad to be able to fill the hole in my early...
I took the longest drive I've made in two and a half months on Thursday. My wife and I drove 75 miles each way to take treats and necessities to...
I was able to get through to your link on your eBay purchase. I don't care for the piece because it has been cleaned. Here is the type of look you...
What do you think of this one? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Before you fall in love with it, I'll tell you that it is a counterfeit. A collector put it up...
I have had very bad experiences with these cameras and have wasted over $500 on them. The trouble is every time Microsoft updates their software,...
If it is not stamped "COPY" or "REPLICA," it's not legal to sell it. That's the Hobby Protection Act.
Here are both sides of one of the "shoot him on the spot" tokens. The American flag on the obverse is obviously part of the message. [ATTACH]...
Here is the one from my collection. It has its issues, but NGC straignt graded it. The estimated population is under 30 pieces, perhaps as low as...
The "1800 dollar" is a counterfeit that has been in "underground" collector circulation for many years. One of the ways to tell a real coin from a...
Yes, very patient. They come up, but I have only seen a few nice ones. I had a no problem EF when I was dealer that I sold. A dealer had an MS-65...
There is an error variety of the Dix token that reads, “Shoot him on the spoot.” There are several minor varieties of this design.
N= Equals the die variety numbers that were assigned in book by Howard Newcomb, I believe in 1940. As a generalist collector, I get involved with...
When I was a coin dealer, customers occasionally asked me if there were any pro South Civil War tokens. The answer to that question is yes, but...
With the Mint it's either feast or famine. From time I started as a collector in 1960 until 1975, there were only two totally new coins, the...
The Great Depression killed a lot of Barber Coins. People had to eat. They could not afford to set coins aside to collect them. That’s what the...
No, if the mint wanted to do the right thing, they would provide these coins to all who want to buy them for a reasonable period. Whatever number...
Civil War token collectors call this piece, along with several other varieties, the "UN-patriotic." These pieces were called for a negotiated...
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