Here is the only coin I have in a rattle holder, an 1864 large motto Two Cent Piece. The coin is graded MS-65, Red. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I am not a...
You best bet for a P-L 20-cent piece would probably be the 1875-P. I owned an AU example, that had been lightly cleaned, when I was in high school...
Save your pennies and buy a certified example with no problems. I would recommend looking for one in VG with a straight grade. PCGS Coin Facts...
1878-P, Proof Mintage 600, Estimated number of survivors 500 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The last Twenty Cent Piece was struck only in Proof and...
1876-CC, Mintage 10,000, Estimated number of survivors 19 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This the rare Twenty Cent Piece. Almost the entire...
Collector’s Note I have had an interest in the Twenty Cent Piece series since I was in high school. Back then I formed a set of the four made for...
The was a 20-cent piece, and here is an example. The coin was minted from 1875 to 1878. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I wrote an article about this series a...
That "Strawberry Leaf Cent" is better than any of the known examples. If it were real, it would make the front page of "Coin World" as the find of...
Interesting story ... The Twenty Cent Piece comes back to have the mistake which doomed the issue in the 1870s come back to haunt it again in the...
Here are two Proof cents, one from 1968 and the other from 1969. It's still Lincoln, but if you look at them closely, you will see that the...
PCGS graded this one EF-45. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The government did not grade this coin as "Uncirculated" when it was issued. If it had, the word "Uncircualted" would have been on the GSA holder....
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Yes. I have owned this for many years. This is actually one of the easier medals to locate in this series. It's just quite expensive. [ATTACH]...
It’s there. The serial number is 238a. I didn’t know that this book existed.
I wrote this article for my local club last month, but things fell through the cracks, and it didn't get published. I decided that I will post...
Here is a 1936 Brilliant Proof Buffalo Nickel. These coins have very bright, mirrored surfaces with a shine that so overwelming that it is...
What is “Amati?” With respect these coins, as type collector, I have lumped the 1796-7 coins together in my mind since there is no way that I...
The coin has VF detail in most areas, but I think it has had a lot of “tooling” done on it. It may have been holed and plugged, and I think that...
The weakness in the strike on the top of the headdress is probably what kept it from getting a higher grade. This was what I wanted anyway. I...
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