The trouble is, when someone is murdered in Times Square, which happened not that long ago, it makes the national news.
I see you point, @DonnaML.
And you will pay EF money for it, regardless of the grade the EAC puts on it. There is some game playing when it comes to EAC grading. Those guys...
The Winter FUN show was really good when it did not conflict with the New York International show. The January 2020 show was especially good for...
I attended the Baltimore show for many years when I was dealer and for years after that. I went to fill want lists for customers and add to my...
One thing that gets me about these museums and countries who harass collectors is, What is the point? You claim you want to spread knowledge and...
Never expect the government to act logically. It could have collected millions in taxes as these coins changed hands from one auction to another,...
It certainly seems possible for an ancient coin to be struck off-center, like any other error. The guy who was putting the flans between dies...
With all of the fakes out there from China and other places, I don't envy these guys jobs at all. I consider my ability to spot fakes to the...
When you read the American history, it would lead you to think that the British kings refused to provide coins to the American colonies to keep...
So I take, @Chris B, that there are hundreds of varieties of these tokens, both in silver and copper? What denominations were they? I am not...
Sometimes I think that "Some pigs are more equal than other pigs."
In U.S. coins, edge filing is often done to remove edge bumps or damage that would make the coin less valuable. It's huge defect because it was...
I will have to get a tube of green toothpaste to learn about what is dangerous. :woot:
There was a time, during the Napoleonic Wars, when the British Government could not supply enough coins to its domestic economy. In their place,...
Here is one of the few coins I kept from my half cent die variety collection that I sold many years ago. This is also a Spiked Chin, but it's the...
I have doubts about both of the $3 gold pieces. The relief does not look right on the 1854. It looks too shallow, and I don't like the wire rim or...
I noticed that four people have voted "Apple / Vivid Green." I thought that color was an indication of big trouble. The corrosion was still active...
@Marsden - That AT Morgan dollar makes me want to puke. :vomit: The OP coin is passible, but I since I don't understand the toner market, I'd be...
I would go VF-30. The details are a little sharper, but the color is on the dark side. It is most common of the four Spiked Chin varieties with a...
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