Here is a genuine 1864 Confederate $100 note. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is a Sam Upham counterfeit. [ATTACH] And an example of the genuine...
PCGS is not noted for being one of the better TPGs when it comes to die variety attributions. I think that NGC is better, but as we noted with...
As many of you know, I also collect political items, mostly from 1824, when Andrew Jackson issued a significant number of political campaign...
"Pay the bearer one cent" This is fairly common, but oddly enough, I found it hard to find a nice one. This was when I was dealer so I was going...
Statue of Liberty Bicentennial Medal in gold. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1901 official McKinley Inaugural Medal. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here are two I have in my type set. The 1796 Quarter in VF-25 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] An 1807 in AU-55. This is in very low relief and a bear to...
Proof Coins.
No, the Capital Plastics holder is not from the mint. The whole thing with the sticker and box look like something from 50 years ago. The 1956 set...
The highest price it will ever realize, unless the price of silver goes to $50+ an ounce, is the price you pay the day you buy it.
I now buy one silver Proof set a year to keep up the string. It's a quick way to keep up with an annual date set. The trouble is the mint is...
Yep, can't wait to go. Yep, flying is the pits. My wife and I had to go to Massachusetts for a funeral. When we got back, we decided that we are...
And so cheap to buy. You can get sets that are over 50 years old for less than $10. But not the 1956. The silver coins in it melt for more than...
Here is a little more information for you. The Philadelphia Mint began to use steam driven presses to strike coins in 1836. To make that work,...
One of my favorites, an 1864 copper-nickel example with some color. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And is a Proof I have for the Bronze cent type. [ATTACH]...
There is no way that you can improve that coin. You can only make it worse. The best thing to do is to leave it alone.
Unfortunately that takes too much time for the TPGs who are looking to process the coins as much as possible. What collectors don't realize is...
If there are any P Mint coins from the SS Central America recovery, they would undoubtedly be circulated coins that some of the passengers had...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Now I can post the pictures from SS Central America site!
Here are a couple of photos of the sea bottom that you might find interesting from the SS Central America. Sorry ... I just got a new desktop...
Gold coins can fair fairly well on the ocean floor if they are in the middle of a pile of coins and are protected from the ocean currents. Coins...
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