The mint does sell its rejects, coins customers return because they have problems. Years ago I bought a General Douglas McAuthor Unc. $5 gold at...
I ran into a dealer site on the Internet who was buying and selling them. Technically they are illegal, but old, contemporary pieces seem to get a...
That’s a crudely casted counterfeit. If you could get a job in the ‘30s, during the Great Depression, 25 cents was an hour’s wages or more. Base...
All three notes are well worn which limits their value. The first two are very common 1864 issues. The retail values are listed a the levels...
By all means sell it. People talk about what a shame it is that some old gold collector coins might end up in the melting pot because of the high...
The mint mark is also wrong, and does not appear to be made of silver.
There was a time when the market makers actively traded all Morgan except the 1921 dated pieces which they specifically excluded in their buying...
I hope you are arriving before Sunday. A lot of dealers leave, and it ends up being a very nice regional show at that point. Thursday and Friday...
Yea, guys are making a fortune selling silver dollars for less than melt … the trouble is there is no silver in them.
Keep the haggle to, “What do you need for this piece?” You might make a counter offer, but that’s it. Don’t be a pest. Also, as others said, keep...
I have a soft spot for 1896 silver dollars because of the presidential election that year when William Jennings Bryan ran on the free silver issue.
The trouble with problem better date, gold coins is that they have a limited market. The interested collectors are more picky because gold coins...
FUN puts up video of it on their website after the convention.
Yes, I will be covering that, but I can't tell where the gold market is going to go. When I paid $2,500 for a new one ounce American Gold Eagle...
I am scheduled to provide "An Overview of the U.S. $5 Gold Piece" at the upcoming FUN Convention. The time will be Thursday, January 8 at 12:45...
Does anyone think that the U.S. was issuing American Silver Eagles in 1906? It looks like the Chinese thought that the Americans were issuing...
Octavian turned out to be a very good emperor. I don't think Mark Anthony would have worked out that well. It's funny. No matter how old August...
My collection is mostly all numismatic. The gold price has caught up with many of my larger gold pieces, but since I collected gold dollars and...
A grader who is worth his or her salt should know that cleaning lines are into the the surface of the coin. Polish marks are above the surface of...
The grading services have driven me nuts with their poor grading of copper, especially early copper. Here are some early copper coins that came...
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