The Grey Sheet says it’s worth $8,400 with the gold foil label. There are a lot of these coins, but if you are a type collector who is looking...
I have been hooked on early U.S. coins for many years. I started buying seriously circa 1974. The 1805 dime, which is my avatar, was one of the...
One piece of aggravation could come from purists who think that bullion date ASEs need to be in MS-70. When I was a dealer, I set up next a dealer...
This year buying modern coins has become totally miserable from the mint unless it’s a total dud, like law enforcement commemorative coins. For...
That is because the first mint made more copper coins, mostly large cents, than everything else.
I remember that show when the late Tom Lacey started it and ran it many years ago.
I am much more interested in coins dated before 1900. The older the better for me. I collect modern coins, but I have never paid really high...
The old time rule of thumb used to 1% on an overall basis. That number was raised if there were any known hoards. I am surprised that the half...
I know some collectors like wood grain coins, but I avoid them. That’s especially true for me if the streaks are pronounced and interfere with...
I know that NGC does keep tabs on the coins they have graded. The piece may have crossed to another grading service, and they found out about it...
If you are paying EF-45 money for it, it’s no investment because it’s over graded. It’s really a high end VF. I have a Fine-15 example of this...
When I was in my teens and twenties, I dreamed of landing a big, high paying job that would allow me to afford to live in the city. The closet I...
I had a crack on this piece, but I stupidly listened to someone who told it was too expensive. It was not cheap, but I had the money. Since then I...
If you are Hanson, money is not a problem.
No, I think he thought that the coin was an "impossible rarity" that would never become available or would takes to locate. It isn't. Like most...
In the old days … EF 45 … I don’t see the luster Now AU 50 or 55
The coin is very attractive, but the trouble with True View images is that they are like the yearbook photos you got in high school. All of the...
From that, it sounds like all of them have doubled devices. Therefore it's nothing unusual. I guess the doubled die has to be from a working die...
I don't think so. The obverse appears to have red corrosion on it. The red corrosion is rarer than the green version, and a fair number of people...
I can live without a 1969-S doubled die. I almost had one sold when I was dealer. I had a guy who gave me a want list, and I landed one for him...
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