I have a fairly large collection of 1860 and 1864 Lincoln campaign tokens. My favorite pieces for all the candidates are those tokens that have...
John D. Lovett, who worked out of New York City, cut the dies for the obverse of this piece. He most likely had never seen Lincoln and was working...
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I attended the Lakeland Collectorama show yesterday. In addition to the Lincoln piece I posted previously, I also found some interesting...
I disagree with pulling it completely from the market. There are no more than four or five Proof 1818 half dollars known, and any Proof coin from...
From what I have read, the misspelling was taken from an early Lincoln biography that had his name spelled that way in the title. I have looked...
It probably looks something like this. These are called ferrotypes because the photos are printed on a thin piece of iron. They were the first...
The Lakeland, Florida Collectorama show is being held this weekend, which is unusual. Usually it is in the fall, but it was pushed up this time...
I don’t even consider buying a coin when the photos are shot at an angle like this.
@Shrews1994, the piece you have is patriotic Civil War token 36/340a. That obverse, number 36, was paired with three reverses, and the one you...
Could this be due to time travel? Oops ... the eagle is showing some brass ... in more ways than one.
Those bidders are so dumb, gullible and uninformed that you almost can’t feel sorry for them. “Stupid is as stupid does.” Forest Gump When you...
The Red Book numbers are a reflection of lower grade modern coins, not Gems. Back in 1999, a dealer had a group of Delaware quarters that were in...
Yep! That’s what can happen with “perfect.” I’ll stick with less than perfect in an old holder and generally avoid full red copper unless it’s...
I HATE auctions. Almost every time I bid on something, the price goes to the moon. I much prefer dealing one on one with a dealer. High buyers’...
Agreed. When I was dealer, another dealer gave me State Quarter error coins on consignment, usually in NGC holders. I sold almost all of them at...
The huge popularity of the State Quarter Series when they were issued resulted in a huge inventory of Mint State coins. There is little chance...
In wish you were right @cpm9ball. My most valuable coin is in an NGC holder, but i’ve seen the lay of the land.
A thread that is made up my exonumia thread would be so long, no one would want to take the time to read it. One of the great thinks about the...
I like the layout of the NGC registry more, but when it comes to value of modern coins in MS and PR-70 grade holders, PCGS coins sell for a lot...
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