As a collector you learn your place. Some of you might think that I am a whale. I am a dolphin who spent years to get where I am. StacksBowers...
True, but there will be very few 1796 dimes in those weekly sales. If there are, they will be terrible, almost beyond recognition. In the old...
When I go to a big show, I have a group of dealers I see first. Then I see the secondary list dealers. Who makes these lists? They are guys who...
The standard procedure is to send you emails on a regular basis to keep you involved. The emails will not stop until the day after the auction...
Not always. As it is with most third party grading, inconsistencies are the main consistency. At one time super smooth surfaces were required...
I have a complete annual set, but I don’t collect the varieties.
Yes, and it’s a lot more obtainable than the one with the VDB. I have one but need get to my desk top to post photos.
The market for U.S. coins has been stagnant or driving lower for several years. There are exceptions for some "trophy coins" in the major...
For me, the VF-35 grade has me debating as to whether to grade that or EF-40. This is no EF-40 debate here because of the obvious wear. I'd say...
Congratulations! The woman is and was way beyond my league although I did date a New York City model in my early 30s who was close. She told me...
I confess that I did buy the gold Kennedy Half Dollar. That coin was a great source of excitement for me when I was a young collector. As for...
Part of the first year's mintage ... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] When I visted to Dahlonega a few years ago, on of the people who worked in that building...
The damage on the reverse is the wide scratch on the eagle's wing and the upper part of the wreath. The lines at the botton look like adjustment...
This sort of collecting has existed for many years. The Civil War era coins are quite popular, expecially the Union gold pieces. Here is a World...
All it takes one sucker who makes a counteroffer at $15,000. :jimlad: Do you think that the seller woudl be dumb enough to pass on it? :wacky:
Twenty dollars was a lot of money in the mid 1850s when coin collecting in the United States started to take off. A skilled worker made between...
It probably will because the graded population of these coins is too high to sustain the high prices. There are a few reasons why the prices...
Those gold pieces were made gold recovered for gold bars that were salvaged from the SS Central America. The company had them tried to market the...
Only if it has been manufactured using mint holders from prior years. It would be easy to do, but it was never issued.
The top photo looks like the rim has been filed. In that old days that brought a body bag. Today it's a details grade.
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