Sharpness grade is Choice AU. but it's been cleaned to remove spots or undesirable toning. This obvious on the upper part of the obverse above the...
The only rebuttal one could make to this is if the mark is the steps, head, bell lines or torch, most experienced collectors are going to pick it...
Going through my photos, I got some good shots of the stern, but nothing of the bow because you could see it from the observation platform above...
This from a set of copy pieces that were sold, I think in the 1990s. The company made copies of every "old commemorative half dollar." The...
That is an interesting observation. That may have explained the placement of the engraving, although I don't think that the coin would have looked...
The SBA dollar is not ugliest U.S. coin. This one has it beat. It's the Capitol Visitors Center commemorative half dollar. The red marks are not...
Few people know it today, but Richard Yeoman also wrote an excellent article on the 1848 "CAL." $2.50 gold circa 1949. It was the "gold standard"...
When I was there, they were selling a very nice replica of this coin in the gift shop. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I thought about mounting a coin...
I have never been a fan of old red copper. By “old” I mean something that is older than I am, roughly prior to 1950. I have had too many of the...
My point is getting a Cameo designation on a 1959 Proof half dollar would increase the value significantly. I am not how you might be treated if...
Not to be a jerk, but sending it in via economy service may have given you one or two strikes before you picked up the bat.
The previous response demonstrates why I avoid buying ancient coins in copper. I am too old to figure out this riddle. For American coins, the...
Yea, but the only coins that are worth it are cameo coins. These coins almost never grade higher than PR-66 no matter how nice they look. The...
A word to the wise: Proof sets of this era (1955 flat pack to 1964) are better left in the mint packaging. You can stick them in Capital Plastic...
How much "British Museum" quality stuff do you see these days? I have bought a couple denarii that might qualify, but when it comes to copper,...
I am hoping that I will get a crack at the 2021 Peace Dollar, but I doubt that it will happen. I am not going to pay some dealer $250 to $300 for it.
"Restoring" worn detail is another issue. If that is done, it's a big deal for any coin in my opinion. For ancient coins, lightly smoothing fields...
If you took these coins from a polyfilm holder that looked like this, you have Proof coins. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] These coins are graded as...
As an inexperienced ancient coin buyer, does “tooled” really make that much of a difference in a piece that is corroded and has been processed to...
The tenth ounce gold eagles are less expensive because of their size, but you will pay a larger premium over melt for them than you will pay for...
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