This one, I believe, has it's original skin and has never been dipped. It is a PCGS MS-62 with a CAC green bean. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This one is a...
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Yes, as of now, $20 won’t buy you much of anything for Seated Liberty half dollar.
Given the its distance from the conflict, California didn't see it's lifestyle change much during the Civil War. Money continued to circulate...
This is my most valuable Seated Liberty coin, and it's the first one. This is original issue, coin turn Gobrecht Dollar with the name on the base....
Was it white when you bought it? If so, it was more than likely dipped and not properly rinsed before it was sent in for grading. Such problems...
Here is little addendum to the previous article. The North added some pieces of small change to the mix toward end and just after the Civil War....
I agree that it can become tedious to read long posts, but I am not going to spend a lot of time re-writing these articles. I could post many...
Sutler Tokens were issued by merchants who supplied goods to soldiers in the field. These merchants traveled with the soldiers in wagons and sold...
Confederate Fractional Notes Several Confederate cities and states issued fractional paper money. It was often printed on cheap paper, and...
"Take Ayers Pills" [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Fractional Currency In August 1862, the Union Government introduced the first issue of fractional...
Since many of us are house-bound or at least semi-house-bound, I have decided to dust off some my old articles that I write for my local club and...
The stock market has done a job on me. I am pulling in my horns. I won’t say I won’t buy anything, but it’s got to be something I really want and...
I think that was cleaned and inexpertly re-colored. Most of the half cent varieties, that were made for circulation (NOT the Proof only dates,...
Like the Lettered Edge Capped Bust Half Dollars, many of these coins were hoarded in banks to back their paper currency. That is why so many of...
The 1837 Reeded Half Dollar is a lot more common than the 1838, but you don't see very many 1837s that are as nice as the piece I posted. Here is...
I have had a couple of collectors asking me if I wanted to sell the 1838. There has been no interest in the 1837. That “old PCGS magic” comes...
Collectors are reluctant to buy the whole set when they don’t need all of the coins that in it. You will probably get more if you sell the coins...
The 1837 is graded MS-64, and the 1838 is graded MS-62.
This 1808 quarter eagle is rated #2 by type collectors, behind the 1796 quarter eagle. It is a one year type with a mintage of 2,710. It is in a...
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