Here are a couple more pieces with Teddy Roosevelt in his Rough Riders outfit. [ATTACH] Teddy for Governor of New York! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And...
This one is quite conservatively graded. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This is just to show you that old ones do exist in Mint State. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Don't be discouraged by this. What you are doing sounds like a...
Here is a story that is well known to collectors. In 1883 the mint replaced the Shield Nickel with the Liberty Nickel. The trouble was the first...
Here is a Proof from my type set. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Avoid cleaning you coins. It destroys the value. Original brown toned copper is much better.
In a word, no. If they are “baggy, lackluster and barely even exit at the higher levels,” then there are fewer of them in the higher grades. You...
I am late to the party because my computer was not up last night. 1908-S Indian [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1909-S Indian [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I had this 1861 double eagle slabbed about twenty years ago by NGC. The grade is AU-58, which is right on the money. Does anyone think that the...
This 1860 double eagle is also graded PCGS AU-55, CAC. My grade is AU-50. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
These two gold dollars are not cheap, but they are a lot less expensive than they once were. I've lost a good deal of money on these coins, at...
Here are two more coins that go together, the Louisiana Purchase commemorative gold dollars. These pieces were sold during the Louisiana Purchase...
Unc. Details, scratched.
Thanks for your interest. I have sent the longer article to "Coin World" for their review.
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All of the English coins that were issued prior to the reign of Queen Elizabeth were hammer struck. During Elizabeth's reign Frenchman, Eloye...
If the 1894 dollar was genuine, it would be worth the certification fees, but sadly it is not. The lettering and the numbers in the date do not...
I am too old to figure out how to the Matilda coins from an English dealer.
Henry IV is the big sleeper. When I was working on my one of each king set, he was the really tough one, other than the kings you would expect,...
Parts of it were taken from a longer article I wrote for my local club. I don't know. I'm mostly into history, but detailed studies on die...
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