It appears to something like an MS-67 with full red color. There are marks in the right field that might cause the grade to go down to MS-66, but...
I would go the Whitman Publishing site and look for their “Official Red Book” guide book on Morgan Dollars. I consider myself to be an advanced...
All of the auctions that I have ever participated in gave the bidder who made an offer first priority. Auction houses which don't do that will not...
As some else stated, this piece was probably carried as a pocket piece. There, it was carried for probably a couple decades getting gentle, but...
If his proxy bid was the first received, he should have gotten the item. In the event of ties, it goes to the first bid received.
I don't think many "auction houses" are doing that these days unless they have a customer base with more money than brains. I have been...
It's one of those tokens that was issued after he left office, probably WELL after he left office. These pieces have been issued from time to...
When I was child, I had a little toy box that looked like a pirate's chest. There was serial on "The Mickey Mouse Club" (circa 1955) where the...
Coins played a major role in the 1896 presidential campaign. The designs for the Morgan Dollar and the U.S. gold coins appeared on a number of...
It looks like an MS-64 under the ugly toning. It's not for me.
How can it be "sold out?" It's not even law yet.
Yes, if the mint is only going to make collector versions of the coin, switching back to bronze makes a lot of sense.
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It would nice to see the 1921 High Relief Peace Dollar design fully struck. I hope the new coins don't end up like the gold version of the Mercury...
Over the years I found the grading on the 1907 No Periods $10 gold to wildly inconsistent. The big problem is that the coin was softly struck, and...
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[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The 1982 Seven Piece Set By 1982 the price of copper had reached the point where it cost the mint system more than one cent to...
Photos courtesy of Heritage Auctions [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1922 Plain In 1922 cents were only produced at the Denver Mint. Apparently, the demand...
One of the YNs at my local club asked me to write this and given a presentation on the Lincoln cent. Here it is. I have not been an active Lincoln...
I never said it was a Matte Proof. I said perhaps someone tried to make it look like one. Back in the day one method was to dip the coin in acid....
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