Just what we need ... another gimmick coin. I have the baseball things, but it was only because I wanted to keep my $5 gold set up to date. Since...
I have an interest the original holders that contained U.S. commemorative coins, both old and modern, but the slab holder thing has never done...
This two coins have an interesting history. During the period prior to the Constitution when the national government operated under the Articles...
The Draped Bust design really got me interested in early U.S. coins. Here is my avatar coin, an 1805, 4 berries variety dime. I have now have many...
I have not viewed black as a good color for copper-nickel coins after I learned that the black 1862 Indian Cent I purchased while in high school...
Tooling can also be used to remove scratches and smooth copper coins that are porous from corrosion. Some of those operations were done in the...
That is hard to get because quite often coin doctors don't like to leave evidence of their trade. Here is an example if you can use your...
A Chronicle of the Revolutionary War in Medals ... The Comitia Americana (American Congress) Series is a group of 13 medals that honored heroes...
Really? Have ever seen a new Cent that looked like this?
Have you even seen one as sharp as that? I haven't. I'd buy that even if it was cleaned, depending on the price, of course.
[ATTACH] There are some very nice coins in this set. I bought intact many years ago.
I'd say more like a VF-30, but I'm trying to hold the line on the EF grade. In recent years, it's really been pulled down. NGC graded this...
NGC graded this one MS-65. It is over graded; it's one of my goofed up purchases, but it's easily an MS-64. Compare it with the OP. [ATTACH]...
I think that you should get at least an MS-63. The coin would be an easy MS-64 if it didn’t have that mark. You have to be careful about...
I can easily see why the Standing Liberty Quarter got the body bag. The 1853 Arrows and Rays, not so much.
They probably looked at the light grey highlights in the design area against the darker grey fields. It might be that this coin has some...
By the mid 1850s, the U.S. was looking for an alternative to the large cent. The “big pennies” had never been popular and had not circulated well...
VF-30
Well done!
I think I see an MS-66 under the toning. Because of the toning, it's probably an MS-67.
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