I wrote this article for my local club a couple of years ago. Since I don't know what to do with it from there, I'll post in here in three parts....
Yes, this a much higher ticket item that the opening price. I am a bit surprised that PCGS has given this item a straight grade given the spots...
They may been looking at the hair detail and ignoring the spots were something was lifted. I have not looked at graded early copper in great...
I might add that the obverse of the 1797 13 star variety was made all at once. Notice how the two “7” s match and are too large when compare to...
Thank you!
My mother used to call the "old lady dies." Here was joke she to me from her era: Look at the ax head on the reverese. Doesn't it look like the...
You could call him that too. Usually those who write the books don't want to be that dated or informal. :)
I have been fascinated by the early half dimes since I was in high school. The trouble is they have always been expensive, and there was no way I...
What you have is a modern copy of a “Continental Dollar.” I bought one at Woolworths for $1 in the 1970s. It is a cast copy of a piece that could...
When the copper-nickel alloy, which is on the obverse of this piece, corrodes, it often turns brown. Sometimes it can be black or even green....
The one that looks "redder" in the picture appears to be Mint State. Using the roll bid number from the "Greysheet" a dealers' wholesale pricing...
Thank you Idhair. Yes, I am he. I am contributing my knownlege over here because there is a group over there who no longer appreciate what I have...
PCGS grade MS-66, real grade MS-65. There are lots of little marks when you really look at it.
Pricing problem coins has always been a problem for me. Generally you go down one grade in price for fairly minor problems that prevent a coin...
The trouble is if you pay these Chinese counterfeiters anything you are feeding the beast. They deserve to lose their shirts for engaging in this...
That totally rotten "1908 Dollar" is actually rather deceptive ... if you didn't know that such things were never made.
I don't have any photos of circualted Classic Head half cents, but here are a couple of Mint State pieces that might help you see how sharply...
OOPPS I was wrong. Sorry for the mix-up. I have a 1906 and a 1908 American Silver Eagle. These great rarities were prevously unknown but have been...
Look for this one to re-appear as a “rare error coin” elsewhere on the Web. There was a troll who kept posting this stuff on another site....
The Chinese have made some junk like this. How would you like to have a 1909 American Silver Eagle? I’ve got one. :troll:
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