The coin on "Etsy" has hairlines, and is also worth about $10. One could see where he would be misled there. The $22,000 coin on the Heritage...
Here is one more appearance for our comical character, "POP," the bird with the head of a donkey. [ATTACH] This one is listed the book, Bryan...
I once saw an 1838 dime, graded by a major service, which had "Small Stars" marked on it. The coin was Mint State, and it was the less valuable...
I searched the archives of the Heritage site to see if they are sold any of these pieces. I got five results with prices realized ranging from $54...
Look at the amount of hair detail on the 1794 versus the 1795. The hair on the 1795 is much coarser. The 1794 is also in higher relief. As it...
I have seen many die variety misattributions on third party graded coins though the years. At times I have seen them get Red Book listed varieties...
I have commented about softer grading standards for key date coins. Then I had a professional grader reply that was true, that it is justified. I...
VF-30. From the provided photos, cleaned might be an issue, but it’s not 100% certain.
How many of them show visible undertype?
WOW! I just checked on eBay after a Google search, and those guys want from $399 to $499 for higher grade examples. It makes me wonder what the...
I think so, but I have not been in the market for quite a while. I paid something like $35 for one I posted earlier 25+ years ago. Some items,...
That is probably a wise course of action. It makes more sense than paying a premium for the "first strike" foolishness, which is nothing by marketing.
it's had something done to it post strike. I have never seen one that was blurry like that. I think that it is genuine, but it's been abused.
[ATTACH] It looks like it's been dipped in acid or something like that. These pieces are made of aluminum or something similar. They are very...
I bought that one at an EAC convention auction. There is one in a current Heritage auction. The trouble it has been cleaned and is marked as such...
I wish I had pictures of all of my 1804 half cents. At time that I had them, I shooting photos with film, and most of my pictures were slide...
The best thing you can say about my representative Numerian piece is that the silvering is mostly intact. [ATTACH] Antoninianus of Numerian,...
I wish the Chinese could do this well with all of their counterfeits. :troll:
The 1804 C-3 ended my interest in collecting half cents be die variety. A ground salvage piece was offered to me for $7,000. I knew the game was...
I have always liked these "middle date" half dimes. They are harder to find nice than some people think.
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