I am going by the grades on the holders, not what I might grade them. Unfortunately the Covid epidemic left me depending on photos more than I...
I voted "brown," but I know that shows my ignorance, and it's the main reason why I seldom buy Roman coins in copper. Here's my best looking one....
That is a really poor fake. Here's real one that was struck off-center. [ATTACH]
I believe that the 5 pound piece in the ANACS holder that was shown in the opening post as been wiped. I see some hairlines on the reverse in the...
Calling that a "VG" is an example of "grade-flation." They do it mostly on 1908-S and 1909-S Indian Cents, and that's a shame.
I have the four 1902 gold pieces in Matte Proof. The half sovereign and sovereign are raw and part of an 11 piece set. The two and five pound...
It's either a cast counterfeit, and a bad one, or it's been pickled in acid. Either way, it's not worth very much.
When I was a dealer, the buy price was around 50 cents. The trouble is the cost of handling it exceeds the mark-up, so the buy prices are low.
I bought this one about 40 years ago. I had it graded by NGC who called it an AU-58. It appears to have the complete "E." [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It is easily in Good condition, but they sell for less than $1 in that grade. The Grey Sheet says it's worth $1, but that's really the retail...
The sharpness grade is in the VG-10 to Fine-12 range. It's got a pasty, cleaned look to it, but that does not matter. The piece is with whatever...
I will be giving a presentation about these guys at my local club next month. It's the last of my "12 Caesars" series. If you live in the Tampa,...
Going by the photos, I love the color and think that it appears to be under graded. I gave it an "8", but I would not be interested in buying it....
If one ordered everything new the mint is selling, you would not have any money left for anything else.
I don't know how the pandemic has affected prices. I bought some beautiful Brown Mint State pieces, dated in the 1850s, for well below your...
The NGC graded pieces do not have the foil label. I take that those were the 8% or so that were awarded to other claimants. I have one,...
Not genuine. It has a raised dot on Lincoln's jaw, and the relief on the Lincoln portrait is not right; it's too low. Here's a genuine one in...
You avoid fingerprints whenever you can. Most collectors don't like them. It's the reason why you are told to handle coins as little as possible,...
I use Eagle albums for my 19th century political collection. [ATTACH]
You know me, mostly one coin per emperor. Here is an argenius [ATTACH] Diocletian may have been bad for the Christians, but he was good from...
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