Always get a receipt. It proves what you paid. If you don’t have evidence, the IRS will make it up for you if they don’t like your numbers.
Usually quite a few. Right now: - Roman Emperors - I am up to Constantine the Great, with a few very minor ones missing before him. Pentinax is...
I have the $2,000+ budget, and I have a hard time winning lots at Heritage. It’s a clear message as to whom I should consign my collection when it...
The one ancient coin I was able to buy in a Heritage auction was a very special piece, and I paid a record price for the grade. Heritage auctions...
I am sure that this coin is in a Mint State holder, but I don’t think it’s Unc. This issue does come flat struck on the highest points of the...
I was going to say old time VF-30, modern EF-40. I guess VF-35 is a good compromise.
The point system gives a disproportionate number of points to high grade modern coin relative to their market value. I think that this is built...
For the NGC registry offers a place to help educate collectors about coins. I have posted photos for every coin I have on the registry, and they...
I have a couple of pieces. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Benjamin Harrison, who was a Civil War veteran, issued this piece during his successful...
I have been on the NGC registry for many years. I was able to take the award for best set for the gold coins, 1795 to 1933 for one year. That was...
The Philadelphia Mint employees didn’t call nickel “the devil’s copper” for nothing. They hated the stuff because it chewed up dies and damaged...
Here is my current type coin, which is a Proof. [ATTACH] Here is my former type coin, which is a Mint State piece. I wish I had held on to this...
John, coming from you, that is a tremendous complement. Although I don’t collect cents by die variety, I have greatly enjoyed your Cent Book. I...
Half dollars were more useful than silver dollars, but as it is with virtually everything, you can have too many of them. You can mint them to the...
The silver producers wanted the government to buy silver to support the market price. The Bland - Allison Act, which authorized the Morgan Dollars...
An altered date actually a minor problem compared with the Chinese counterfeits. At least you are getting something that is 200+ years old. As...
Yes, the Feuchtwanger cent, and his Hard Times era three cent pieces are part of the Hard Times Token series. He also issued three cent pieces...
The Panic of 1837 was a particularly nasty economic depression that lasted for almost six years. It was a period of great hardship for many...
The way coins are circulating these days, most Americans won't see them anyway. They will be seen mostly in collector sets sold at a premium by...
Jack, that is really scary. If that piece is bad, they have gotten their "art" down the inclusion of planchet defects, which are common on these...
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