I did a cursory run through of the list. It’s hard to vote because there are people there who have influenced the hobby for the greater good,...
A couple words about grading. NGC graded my new token as an EF-45. My grade was VF-30 to 35. Now that I have it in-hand, I'd grade it VF-35. The...
I have been looking for an upgrade to my Low #1 Hard Times Token for a long time. I purchased my first one in the 1980s at a local coin show. It...
Most collector know that the most common copper coin corrosion is green. Sometimes it can be a dark red, or sometimes black. Copper-nickel...
I’ll pay it. I am sick and tired of auctions. You see something you like, and some bozo or two drives the bids to the moon. I get hosed at auction...
If that true, then let the market drive them out of business.
Heritage charges 25% for political items. When you add my local sales tax, that gets the over the hammer price up to almost 36% for me. I've told...
The quarter was from the Spanish dollar, which was divided in 8 bits. The quarter was 2 bits, which was a slang term until that last 40 years or...
I have been looking for one of those "20" counterstamped Twenty Cent pieces for years. I had my chance in the 1970s and didn't take advantage of...
Why didn't the Twenty Cent Piece work? Here is the short answer. People had trouble telling these two coins a part. They had similar diameters....
My grandmother was born in 1883, and she was always looking for coin with that date on them. Among her accumulation was this dime love token....
I have mostly one coin for each emperor from Julius Caesar to Constantine the Great. I still have some holes that will never be filled such as...
When I was a kid collector and was looking to maintain a set of Kennedy Half Dollars, dealers wanted more for a Proof single Kennedy than the...
I think that your best buy is to purchase Proof sets in the original government holder. Look for sets that are not toned. The coins should all be...
Here are two examples. This one was issued by Aye's Pills, which is by far the most common merchant. This one still has some of the silvering...
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This 1858 Flyer was my type coin for a number of years. PCGS bounced it back to me in a body bag for "AT." I was angry about that to say the...
Coin collecting in America got started in 1857. Prior to that, there were very few collectors. The inspiration was the passing of the large cents....
It seems that Orlando has become a “hot spot” and cases are up, which is not surprising given its tourist draw. You are also dealing with an older...
The sound pictures seal the deal. Take the $300 and run.
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