I was at a Boston show in the 1980s. A dealer had a Libertas Americana medal in silver. He wanted $5,000 for it. Today it's over $100,000
I have never been a fan of most shipwreck coins. I think that many of them are massively over priced. A certificate of authenticity and a woodern...
Unfortunately, you would have to jump in your time machine and go back 30 years. When I bought mine in the late 1980s, Stacks' had a Gem Unc....
Yes, it is part of the Cometia Americana series. It is a set of medals that were awarded to heros of the American Revolutionary War. The...
Demand for a coin, token or medal is FAR more important than supply. There could be only one or two examples of something, but if nobody wants it,...
Better date Indian Cents - here are eras and date and mint mark combinations. Cents dated from 1866 to 1878 plus 1908-S and 1909-S. Semi-key...
A counterfeit for sure. The digits in the date are off, and that’s just the start. I almost got stuck with a fake 1904 double eagle in the 1970s....
I am looking mainly to take close-up pictures of coins and process them. I tend to need white balance help with the camera that I have.
This counterfeit Pillar Dollar was offered at my local club's auction a year or so. The consigner gave it to me for educational purposes after I...
I have been using the Microsoft Digital Image Suite software for processing photos for years. Now my software and computers are becoming obsolete,...
I remember that I was maning a club table at show for a while. We were offering free opinions on coins that people had. One woman had one of those...
If it is raised above the surface of the coin, it's a die crack, which this is. If it is INTO the coin, it's a scratch, and that usually is not good.
I have a small group of about 15 to 20 pieces that a fellow club member gave to use for educational purposes. It includes a 1908 American Silver...
Among collectors who have and will spend money on coins, Morgan Dollars are by far the most popular series.
Yes, they are more interesting than run of the mill junk silver.
I imagine that they have lots of followers. There were too many big customers around when I was a dealer for the market to have dried up that...
None. I buy the coins in the holders that I want. When I was dealer, I submitted quite a few coins because it was the way to make money. Now...
If you are talking about ancient coins, yes. If you are invovled with old U.S. coins, not as much. "Cleaning" or "work done" is more likely with...
Yea, I was beginning to wonder about that. The 1873 Two Cent Piece is wicked expensive in all grades. Even if you find one in Good, it’s still...
The 1865 is pretty easy, almost like the 1864 Large Motto. The 1870 is tougher. Here's the one I had in a set that I formed and sold years ago. I...
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