Yes, you read stuff like, “CAC has reviewed every lot that appears in Heritage auction.” Does Heritage really send every lot to CAC? I don’t think so.
You are probably right about CAC. PCGS rolled over really fast when CAC came into existence. Usually when anybody or any company questions their...
Yes, they were all PCGS graded.
I have blue and green PCGS boxes. I have not seen black boxes, and I have never seen red NGC boxes. Time was I used NGC boxes because the worked...
Really nice. These coins are very attractive in high grade.
Sorry to hear about this. My aunt just died at age 96. She had a good long life and a son who loved her and took care of her until the end....
When I was a dealer, Franklin Half Dollars were a minor part of my business. I used to go though a reasonable dealer’s stock and buy the coins...
MS-64, probably in an MS-65 holder because of the color.
Not that pricy. I think I paid $90 for it years ago, and it’s lower now. Like most modern stuff, out of sight, out of mind which results in drops...
Going back a century, here's how the mint observed Lewis and Clark in 1904 and 1905. For once the modern coin might be more attractive. [ATTACH]...
At a little over melt, the $20 gold coins must have a better future, but I'm seldom good at picking the coins that go up in price on a short term...
The second picture of the obverse has the luster of a Matte Proof and the sharpness of a polished coin. I don't think that it has even seen the...
It looks like a Ch AU to Mint State coin. The reason why I don’t say Mint State is that I am looking at a photo to grade it.
Watch out for CAC because there is a growing number of collectors who won’t buy anything that is not CAC approved. They will even sell the coins...
Fake. It’s got bubbles of metal all over it. At $5 you got what you paid for. Unfortunately other collectors have not been so lucky.
I did buy the coin before the grade-flation started. Now, in order to have any hope of getting my money back out of it, I'll have to send it to...
Here are a couple of Draped Bust, Small Eagle dollars. If I could buy an entire collection that looked like this 1797 dollar, I'd do it. But if I...
I am a type collector, and one of the "sleepers" in the U.S. gold type set is the Type II Liberty double eagle (1866 - 75). This coin has the...
The people who grade coins at the major grading services are well aware of the price jumps that occur from tiny increases in the grade. In the old...
I think they net graded it for light silver corrosion. My grade would have been VF sharpness ... Despite the fact that the grading services said...
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