Maybe someone wanted to try and sell it as a Matte Proof. Here's the real thing. This is currently bid on the Grey Sheet at $32,000 in PR-64....
But pieces without major problems fit better. You have cleaning and significant marks.
That is a okay buy for $5, but don't make a habit of it. Such coins are not easy to re-sell. They end up in large cent junk boxes.
The are five obverse Monitor varieties listed with the Civil War tokens there are a few others that are not listed as Civil War tokens. Here are...
I find auction estimates to be consistently low. They are there to entice more bidders who might think that they are going to get a bargain. Once...
Here is my example. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Denarius of Julia Domna, Obverse: IVLIA AVGVSTA “Julia augusta” Reverse: MATER AVGG “Mother of augustus.”...
There are a certain number of collectors who think that they are "buying at market prices" when they go nuts in an auction. They aren't. They are...
Sorry, but I get tired of people telling me that buyers' fees don't matter, and that the biders don't end up paying any more. If you are a...
Here are my Philip and Philip II coins. This was one of many examples of where the father signed his son's death warrant by making him and emperor...
Thanks everyone!
I would say Mint State. Here is a certified Proof. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The 1883 No Cents Nickel is common in Mint State and AU because of...
I think the dealer called it "Mint State." If it's not, it's darn close to it. The fact that it has a silver wash eliminates the need to get hung...
Means and intentions are often more useful and literal translations. Thanks @Gavin Richardson
Yes, usually when a politician wears his or her religion on his or her sleeve, he or she is up to something. If they go out of their way to tell...
So would "piety of the emperors" be the meaning of what they are saying here?
So "piety" or "duty" and "security of the emperor" go together? Most of the word phrases I have seen were better related, not I'm not grateful...
My strategy is the buy from dealers and say to hell with the auctions. I have been driven to the limit in Heritage auctions so many times that I...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] The obverse reads, Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C “Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius noble caesar” The reverse reads,...
I think that it would certainly make it into an AU-50 holder today, if not an AU-53.
I forget about this 1883-O dollar. It is in an MS-63 ANACS holder. I won it in a coin club trivia contest. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Ms. Liberty's cheek...
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