I bought and sold seven or eight of these tokens when I was dealer. They are not overly scarce, but finding a really nice one is a challenge. The...
The many lines in the fields concern me. From the photos, I would say AU sharpness, cleaned.
One thing that makes me both angry and puzzled is why PCGS refuses to take pictures of every coin they grade currently. As a compromise they could...
Here is a Proof 1937 nickel. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Proofs are so bright you can barely see the design. I’ll post one tomorrow.
Here is the only William Washington medal I have. It is a plain edge, and I believe that it was made at the Paris Mint sometime in the era from...
Yes, that medal is a modern French restrike, and has had its surfaces severely cleaned. I am not on my desktop and won’t have access to it until...
The 1806 C-1 is the second most common Draped Bust half cent. The 1804 C-13, Plain 4, Stemless is the most common half cent PERIOD IMO. It has the...
If that mark on Washington’s jaw is really there, it’s not an MS-68.
Old fashioned grading would be MS-63, “commercial MS-64, because of the scattered marks on the obverse that are easy to see. State Quarter grading...
I would say it might make it into an MS-63 holder on a good day. Over the years the grading serves have given the 1926 and 1932 ealges "easy...
All of the 1807 dimes were struck from the same die pair. I am sure that Robert Scot, the mint’s die maker and designer, realized that the Draped...
Oh I agree. That one is really nice, but how many years did it take you to find it? I saw a couple that were sharper with slightly smoother...
Earlier in the week I said that I had ordered an AS of Caligula, which was last Caesar I needed to have one coin from each of the first 12...
Here is the piece in my type set. It's graded MS-64. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, the reverse is slightly different. Alan Stahl, who gave a presentation and wrote wrote an article for the 1995 ANS Coinage of the Americas...
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