The three cent piece with the New York State Seal are the only affordable examples at a bit over $1,000.
The coins all appear to grade AU with one possible Mint State piece, the 1902. The condition is way above average for a family hoard. Someone must...
The old green label holder is a plus. CAC should accept it.
MS-63
Here are the three metal varieties of the Philadelphia Sanitary Fair tokens. The sanitary fairs were fundraisers that were held to buy cleaning...
Mint marks have proved to bad news for certain coins because their presence met that the coins would never circulate. Look at issues like the...
I have three. 1864 Large Motto [ATTACH] 1864 Small Motto [ATTACH] And this 1870 is left over from set I put together over 40 years ago. A...
The short answer is indirectly. Christian Gobrecht created an American version of the seated Britannia. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Who took their...
It must be the number of Proofs minted. It is always an even number. Raw sales figures could never be that consistent unless the mint makes X...
It looks like whatever they are using to clean the planchets is not working. Since that’s a 2021 dated coin, it must have turned almost at the...
If the mint wanted to have a flying eagle, they should have for the Gobrechet Dollar design.
EBay poofed it, so I guess it was bad.
I went against the grain. I bought Confederate currency (all 1861 series notes), ancient coins and only a couple of U.S. pieces. I had one dealer...
Thank you very much. I am looking forward to seeing you in January!
I got back from the Summer FUN show yesterday. It was a great show for me with probably more dealers there than ever before. One of the coins...
When you see milk spots, it is not a PR-70. It is my understanding that these things appear on recently minted coins. If that’s true, it’s a good...
You have an 1863 issue of the $5 Confederate note. The Confederacy issued 7,745,600 of these notes. The most interesting aspect of the 1863 notes...
If you mainly want buy silver, you don’t need to mess with graded ASEs. They only add to you cost of acquisition. Most of them are high grade in...
Let's hope that this is not "the modern" MS-65 or 66. It has significant marks on the face. No way that is a "Gem Unc."
Good catch! Winner, Winner! Sweet and Sour Chinese Chicken Dinner! In this case, it's all sour. It's really bad when you have to go into...
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