When I was a dealer, Franklin Half Dollars were a minor part of my business. I used to go though a reasonable dealer’s stock and buy the coins...
MS-64, probably in an MS-65 holder because of the color.
Not that pricy. I think I paid $90 for it years ago, and it’s lower now. Like most modern stuff, out of sight, out of mind which results in drops...
Going back a century, here's how the mint observed Lewis and Clark in 1904 and 1905. For once the modern coin might be more attractive. [ATTACH]...
At a little over melt, the $20 gold coins must have a better future, but I'm seldom good at picking the coins that go up in price on a short term...
The second picture of the obverse has the luster of a Matte Proof and the sharpness of a polished coin. I don't think that it has even seen the...
It looks like a Ch AU to Mint State coin. The reason why I don’t say Mint State is that I am looking at a photo to grade it.
Watch out for CAC because there is a growing number of collectors who won’t buy anything that is not CAC approved. They will even sell the coins...
Fake. It’s got bubbles of metal all over it. At $5 you got what you paid for. Unfortunately other collectors have not been so lucky.
I did buy the coin before the grade-flation started. Now, in order to have any hope of getting my money back out of it, I'll have to send it to...
Here are a couple of Draped Bust, Small Eagle dollars. If I could buy an entire collection that looked like this 1797 dollar, I'd do it. But if I...
I am a type collector, and one of the "sleepers" in the U.S. gold type set is the Type II Liberty double eagle (1866 - 75). This coin has the...
The people who grade coins at the major grading services are well aware of the price jumps that occur from tiny increases in the grade. In the old...
I think they net graded it for light silver corrosion. My grade would have been VF sharpness ... Despite the fact that the grading services said...
I am glad that there are better alternatives to the Overton book. Of all the books on early U.S. varieties, (Cohen, Sheldon, Browning etc.) it is...
It looks to be a 1918-S in Good. The Coin Dealer Newsletter says it's worth $12. It is genuine, and it's made of silver. That puts it well ahead...
Sorry, but what you have is worth much of anything. When the corrosion is that bad, the value is gone. There is nothing to clean because most the...
There has to be reason why some coins are common, and others are scarce or rare. It's been reported from multiple sources that John had over half...
Oh yes it is! The implication is that these things are Morgan Dollars with the full implication that the reverse is untouched and the obverse...
Yes, I was one of the 1.5 million vistors who saw the collection at the Philadelphia Mint. I am sorry that the mint did not get their collection...
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