Since I am more interested in the type coin than the source, I filled the Type I slot in my set with an 1857-S $20 gold from the SS Central...
Perhaps $2,500 to $3,000? Heritage auctioned one that was worse for $1,440. Two others with less rough surfaces brought $5,760 and $7.050.
I bought it because it was very attractive at $550 when common date Liberty $20 gold were going for $475. Why would I blindly accept a dealer’s...
That is a very nice set. The toughest type to find in grades beyond MS-63 is the Type II Liberty Head with "In God we trust" and "TWENTY D." The...
Whitman publishes this book by Zander H. Klawans. I have the Roman part of this reference in a small green hardcover book that I bought back in...
It's not my coin, but I think that this one looks like a pig with a trunk. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is the coin in my collection. The elephant...
There is no way that the government could or will put us back on the Gold Standard. There is not enough it of it in the world to back a currency...
Another factor to consider is "grade-flation." I have not been shopping for a 1907 High Relief for a long time. I don't know if the services have...
It doesn’t matter. The issue over the 1943 bronze cents is a lot older than 15 years. Back in the ‘60s, some dealers swore up and down that they...
Opps! @robp beat me to it, but Edward the Confessor (1042 to 1066) is the only English king or queen who has been made a saint. He got his name...
The "3" is not the right shape. The genuine 1943 cents, both steel and copper, have a "3" that reached below the line in the date. The OP doesn't...
To be frank, the half dollar died in 1964 when the Kennedy coin was introduced. Before then you would get them in change now and then. After that...
A lot of the big stores won't show you much of anything. They keep it in the back and only show their best clients. They don't have any time for...
The rule of thumb is that a silver coin lasted 20 to 25 years. Since the half dime was replaced and became obsolete in 1873, I image that the mint...
I agree, @Spark1951. In the vast majority of cases, when coin is too worn or too damaged, it becomes uncollectable in the eyes of many collectors....
In case you missed the memo, the south lost the war and therefore is in no position to prosecute those who counterfeit their currency. More...
According to the Dave Bowers story, he found a cigarette machine that was dispensing packs with 1955 doubled die cents in them. You put 30 cents...
The flat, dull, light grey surfaces at the indicators. This is not the look that circulated coin would have in its original state. The color would...
Ch VF sharpness, cleaned with an mild abrasive, like baking soda. It will not get a straight grade.
This political parade medal is similar. It is almost five inches in diameter, but it is hollow; it's just a shell. A piece like this would have...
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