They have more money than brains. :wacky: He will probably get it "to stick" this time. One of the things about eBay is that some dealers I have...
And there is a strong chance that it has been dipped. There is nothing wrong with that in my opinion, but a number of collectors don't agree with...
Bright and shiny silver coins sometimes sell better to the uninitiated collectors who think that, somehow, a coin that is now over 100 years old...
Standing Liberty Quarters are noted for being dateless coins. Most of those pieces were minted from the 1917 Type II through 1924. The dates were...
In the case of Proof coin, slabs are a good ideal, at least for the better dates (1950 - 1955) because the slab provides great physical...
There has been a dedicated group of collectors forming since the late Jay Cline wrote several editions of his book on the subject. This goes back...
You can’t buy a CAC approved coin like that for $70.
"Staight grade" means it gets a grade from the TPG without a qualifier. A coin that fails will have a note on the slab label that says, "Proof,"...
Your grading is way more conservative that the TPGs. The 1913 Matte Proof coins are graded PR-66. The 1936 nickels are all PR-67s. It's hard to...
Here is the Satin Finish 1936 Buffalo Nickel. The collectors didn't like them back then, and they have always sold for less than the Brilliant...
This is an educated guess comment on my part, but I’d say that Barber smoothed out the Buffalo Nickel fields because he thought that the coin...
I too have had coins improve over time to the point where they could be graded. The factor that really kills you is cleaning hairlines. Those...
I vote "fake." Curly Howard (The Three Stooges) died many years ago. The color looks too vivid, and the hair does not look consistent from what...
Here is one that graded PR-66, R&B. I don't see why your piece would not grade. I see some crud in a couple of letters that might lift easily...
Fine -12
MS-63, P-L
It will be a “no grade” situation if you send it to a reputable TPG. There are intentional marks on the cheek and the fields look unnatural as if...
You don’t like the Draped Bust design that appears on the early U.S. silver coinage? I have known collectors who though the Heraldic Eagle was a...
No. The government made an official statement, I think that year was 1954, that all gold coins minted before 1933 are "rare" and therefore qualify...
By not doing anything you have what economists call "opportunity costs." It's the money that you are not collecting. Given your list, there is not...
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