Plus you pay less.
I often give both grades, my grade and the grade I think is on the holder.
You can certainly give the coin a grade. Collectors need to learn how to grade coins, not depend upon the TPGs.
There are also brilliant and satin finish 1936 Proof nickels. The satin finish coins were issued first. After collectors objected to their...
No, you explained it correctly. What I was referring to was the nomenclature which classifies a doubled die coin, not as an error piece, but as a...
A doubled die is an error in die preparation, but not an “error” as the purists define them. The purists call a doubled die a die variety. Errors...
I have always been partial to the 1807-8 Capped Bust Half Dollars because they were John Reich's first go at the design. The eagle with the long...
Sounds like the problem with full head Standing Liberty Quarters where all of the emphasis is on the head without a though about the gown and...
In 1938, Felix Schlag won a $1,000 award for his Jefferson Nickel design. Schlag won the award in a competition that involved 390 or over 400...
If the mint treats collectors badly again, just learn to say “NO!” For once I would like see these dealers, who corner the market, get burned on...
The design of the coin is the most important aspect for me. I can't see the design though the tarnish that is on the reverse of that Mercury Dime....
I have complete type sets for the half cent through non gold dollars, the gold coins and all of the "old" commemorative coins, silver and gold -...
It is totally original, but I don't like it all. I avoid coins like that.
The surfaces have an etched look to them as if the coin was dipped for too long. Having said that, the 1890-P dollar tends to come with muted...
German silver and white metal look similar, but German silver is a lot harder. At least it is when I would call it "the real thing." As I said...
The piece you have is made of German silver, and it is moderately scarce. In German silver it is rated as an R-4, 201 to 500 pieces known. As you...
MS-63 to 64. It’s better than lower end Unc., but not a Gem 65 or better.
No one will say anything because it's unique item for collectors. All the rest are impounded or perhaps underground, and will stay that way. As...
Nope! That’s like saying, this Morgan Dollar is an MS-65 except for the fact that it has a gash on the cheek.
Believe it or not there was a situation like this many years ago with GM cars. When buyers learned that the Oldsmobiles they were buying had Chevy...
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