There is a lot going on the left of the eagle's beak. That does not look natural. Perhaps there was a big black spot there like the smaller ones...
The thing about collecting Fractional Currency is that it's still fairly inexpensive. Here's a quick overview. The first issue was called...
I have decided to put together a set of $2.50 gold coins from the 20th century. I have had a set of $2.50 Indians in a Capital Plastic holder for...
I spotted this 1832 dime at a show and purchased it. It wasn't cheap. Not long after I posted a picture of it elsewere, a collector who had been...
Back in the late 1980s, I put together a type set of Fractional Currency. The Union Government issued these notes during the Civil War to provide...
This variety with the "Good for a Scent" dog design has become super popular. When I was a dealer, you could get them for $125 to $150 in mostly...
I had no idea that Littleton Coin Company was that big. I have not had much to do with them. Somehow a dealer left a large number of Little...
I have a few of those pieces in better or sometimes lesser grades. None of the pieces I don't have are "on my radar." I picked the 1893-S dollar...
Here's a few political pieces which are always or almost always holed. These two pieces are listed with the Hard Times tokens. This is a rare one...
You really have a thing for holed coins. I only like holes in 19th century political where the hole was necessary to wear the piece to show either...
It’s an 1803 C-1, which is most common 1803 variety, an R-1. The diagnostic is the extra line on the fraction bar on the reverse.
You have an Uncirculated set. I have a double set, Proof and Uncirculated, in a wooden box as it came from the mint. I bought it the secondary...
I don’t recall the exact numbers for the 1999 base metal Proof set, but I know that the silver set went up to $325. I was tempted to sell, but I...
The wartime nickel set ... [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A 1942 Proof War nickel. I have always thought that this coin is a bit under rated. It is a one...
I have collected Proof sets for years. I now have complete sets back to 1936. I also assembled a 1913 set, and might work on some other older sets...
Market conditions in a downward direction take a long time to work through the mint process. Sometimes the mint charges the same price for fewer...
It would have been better for the coins if they had struck them and let them fall in the bucket instead of handling them with bare fingers. As...
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After having bought several of these $2.50 gold coins from the same era at the recent FUN show, I can tell you that the grading on this type is...
1909, the most common Proof Liberty Nickel. The reason is collectors had to buy the two piece, minor coin Proof sets to get the three cents in...
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