If you have been a collector for some years and have gone shopping at the local brick and mortar stores and shows, you have probably seen some low...
I think that most people have pretty much tuned the page on these coins. Years ago some promoters tried to get $300+ for high grade certified...
There a slight rub on the cheekbone, but I think the coin could get an MS-62 or 3 grade. My only possible concern would be altered surfaces. These...
Sometimes wishing it were true trumps logic and good sense. You see it all the time on eBay when people bid on obvious counterfeits.
If the bright scratch is on the coin and not the holder, it would annoy me.
It is interesting to note that the style of date on the Indian Cents changed from year to year. Sometimes the date was big and fancy (1874 to...
Two of the fundamental skills that one needs to grade coins are, learn what the design of the coin looked like when it was new and learn what mint...
The grading services have been burned on fake coins that were damaged intentionally to hide the problems that would have shown that they were not...
There are collectors and organizations that estimate the number of survivors, but the most serious studies are for early American coins, 1792 -...
Here is some history for you. In 1857, when the small cent replaced that large cent, the first cents were made of copper-nickel and were heavier...
The number fake slabs is very low. It’s is a concern, but it’s not common, and there often issues font on the lettering and other details.
Here's another one, with a different date, that photographed better. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I agree with @Santinidollar. When it comes to gold...
Early copper collectors regard this 1795 half cent as a "common variety," but I have never thought of any of the pre-1800 half cent as "common."...
Usualy the older coins had a melt value that was below their face value to small degree. If that had not been true, the coins would have been...
The picture makes it really difficult to say much abou this piece. The color does matter because it's part of the authentication process. My first...
On older coins, mint caused defects, like struck throughs and clipped planchets can actually lower the value. A few years ago, I was negotiating...
I have a set of Red Books from the First Edition to the present. I'll buy one with the traditional binder when it gets to my Barns and Noble...
The 40% silver half dollars were clad pieces. They had obverse and reverse layers made of 80% silver and 20% copper and a core that was 80% copper...
Don't forget impaired luster. That brings the grade down too, and this coin does look dull.
If this is true, that would put the CAC sticker into question because liquidity is supposed to be one of the reasons for buying material which has...
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