I never quite, but I have purchased small gold coins, quarter eagles, which still have a numismatic value. Ditto for silver. My big silver coin...
There are a lot of posts on the PCGS blog which describe crossing coins from NGC to PCGS. The PCGS fans want their entire collection in those...
I've done several times. The dealer usually gets the better end of the deal, but you can't blame them. They have to sell what you are trading to...
Most of the coins that have rotated for me have been small pieces, like half dimes and gold dollars. I have never had a large coin, like a dollar,...
This is why you never put rubber bans in safe deposit boxes. They are have lots of sulfur which will tone your coins, often in not a good way. The...
That eagle got on the reverse of the double eagle because Teddy Roosevelt admired the Flying Eagle Cent design. It was one of the previous designs...
After about 60 years, I finally completed a "Red Book" Flying Eagle set. I'll leave the overdates and the pieces with wierd clash marks to the...
Congratulations! That one is better than mine. The Lafayette Dollar used to be a bear to find nice. Many of them are toned black. I’ve read the...
Compared to the total revenue the Federal Government received, the profits from numismatic coins is small, almost insignificant. That was why the...
It looks like it’s been smoothed. There are no scratches evident. That is highly unlikely for this coin in that grade. The “LIBERTY” is the last...
It doesn’t matter to me. A good piece of history trumps rarity for me. A the Chain cent is rare enough. I just got done submitting “credible...
The main things slabs do are to give a big boost to determining a value. They also provide a large measure toward authentication. Counterfiets...
I think the ship you saw in Baltimore or the Chesapeake Bay was the Constellation. It was thought to be the sister ship to the USS Constitution...
Coins have to be worth a lot of money these days to be worth the grading fee from an economic point of view. Some people don't care about that and...
The auction houses don't seem to pay much attention to NGC’s unfortunate policy toward copper coins. I could understand pulling back on red copper...
This one is graded PCGS MS-63. [ATTACH] I had wanted a Proof for a long time, but the asking prices were always too high. I bought this one a...
The name "Monitor" lays out what it was thought the ship's role would be. It was supposed to monitor the waterways around forts and harbors. The...
This sounds crazy, but I would rather have a high grade Chain AMERI. cent. The Chain cent is worth less, but it’s more important historically IMO.
Just a warning to those who think prices will increase forever. They might go back up again since China and central banks are engaged in this...
I've disliked auction prices for years. I've bid a ton of money during the past 30 days and have ended up with nothing. My bids were equal to or...
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