I remember that you could order 100 or 200 sets, I forget which. The limit came in 1968 when the limit was at 5 or 10, I forget which. Back in...
I included a 50 piece type set of the “old commemoratives” in my type set. I used to keep up with the modern commemoratives, but there are just...
The original design had words to that affect on the reverse. The State Department asked the treasury to tone it down so as not to offend the...
The trouble is the issue prices are high. Sometimes you can wait and get them for less in the secondary market.
These sets can be an interesting display, the coins are often low value items and usually cleaned to boot. If you would like this sort of thing,...
Knock on wood, no. I have always been careful, realzing that it can be easy to screw it up.
I was not aware that there were issues with original fake outside envelopes for the 1955 - 64 Proof sets. I got out my sets and looked them over....
I don't have any Mint State Hard Times tokens that have much red on them. These coins do have sort of a cartwheel luster, but it’s really more of...
Please bear in mind that your piece has been cleaned and that the grading services would not give it a straight grade. I am not saying this out of...
I think that the piece has been cleaned, and that might account for the spots. Virgin metal is volnerable to such things. I think that this one...
Here is the only MS-66 graded large cent I have. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This one is graded MS-65, and I think that it is better. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It is an "S" that has been tamped down by wear. The mint mark is not greatly protected on the Standing Liberty Quarters so this can happen.
Spots you see are not quite pits, yet; they are toning spots. It’s hard to say why this happens. Sometimes coins are stored where the temperature...
I am not a fan of this coin. At the time, the New York State Congressional delegation had a lot of clout. They got an inordinate number of...
When you get grades like this on these types of coins, be happy with what you have. It’s way more than most people can expect or receive. In other...
Fine sharpness, but heavily corroded and rough. For that reason, a couple of dollars at most.
MS-66, Brown Excellent post!
Some aspects of the design look better than VG-8, but the face and hair are really flat. Most of the grading is based on the obverse, and the key...
The strange looking date is something other that post mint damage. I would say counterfeit.
MS-62 given the cloudy looking toning on the reverse and the shiny spot on the eagle's breast feathers.
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