I'm only going by what I see and how the Chinese are making copies of U.S. coins that are fooling collectors and even the Third Party Grading...
The shape of the date does not prove anything. The Chinese are taking real coins, often with problems, and using them to make the copy dies for...
Does it ring? From the photos, it looks like some sort of cast counterfeit given the rough surfaces and the lack of detail on the high points of...
Sorry, but I can't see the collecting joy in rolls and bags of coins that you never open.
Probably nothing, unless it's a $50 piece made of copper-nickel clad that you can use in a vending machine. By then inflation will have made the...
It would have remained the same size if it had been used in circulation, but like its silver dollar ancestors, people thought that it weighed too...
Those coins were made of 90% silver and were commemoratives that were not intened for circulation. 1990 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 2013 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
OK it has been dipped. I don’t consider dipping to be cleaning. Cleaning involves stripping or removing the surfaces which destroys or alters the...
I don't have a 1908 No Motto $10 gold. The closest I have is a 1907 No Periods and a 1908 With Motto $10 gold. The cleaning goes beyond just...
i would have said EF-40. The coin has a lot of "meat" (detail), but the luster is lacking.
A mintage of 191,368 might seem low in the context of coins that went into circulation, but it's quite high for an issue where the survival rate...
Many of the silver coins from this era have a slightly Matte surface, not the brilliant surface, found on the later pieces. This many have had...
Yes, AU sharpness, lightly cleaned. The first set of photos make it look worse than the second set. I hope that it looks more like the second set...
As I posted before, I don't buy "Woody Toned" coins, but here is one courtesy of Heritage Auctions. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This piece is more to my...
When I was young collector in the 1970s, I used to put aside $200 a month. I had a full time salaried job, of course, in Boston. When the big...
Most 1917-P Type I Standing Liberty Quarters have full heads. That throws a lot of new collectors off because they think that whole set should...
Acetone does not cause hairlines. The piece you have has been worked over with something well beyond acetone.
If you are willing to buy common dates, you do have the money. Time was these coins could be bulk graded at bargain prices, and they are out...
When I was dealer, there were lots of common date Morgan Dollars in certification holders at inexpensive prices. The dealers were ready to sell...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Most numismatists believe that the 1907 High Relief $20 gold piece is the most beautiful U.S. coin. This piece was the “pet...
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