The Flying Eagle design is one of my favourite U.S coin designs. There is something about it that captivates me. It is simple, yet elegant and...
Many of you may have seen the recent Exhibit post by Fisch on the die progressions of 1804 half cents. Excellent work! I leant a lot on a series...
Like most people, i guess, i have no trouble spotting really obvious cleaning, specially of silver coins. Unnatural sheen, hairlines from harsh...
Hi guys, How would you grade this 1825 half cent? Also, here some pics of a New Jersey cent w/o a date. Low grade. I have never seen one w/o a...
Here is an 1816 cent. I posted this coin once before but the pictures were no good. Please let me have yout opinions as to grade, and hopefully...
I thought some of you would like to see a few more of my detecting finds: The 1877 50 Pfennig coin (mintmark D) was found last weekend in my...
Hi Friends, Here is an 1797 Stemless wreath cent. Variety S-131, R-3. One of two (or 3) stemless varieties for 1797. The others are R-4 and R-5...
This coin has very pretty toning. Described as steel-blue tone in the 1988 Norweb Collection sale. One of only 4 coins i managed to bid on...
As the title says, these are not show-case coins. The 1799 has been damaged (or holed) on tip of the right wing, and apparently repaired;...
Hi Friends, Here is an 1886, and an 1868. Please let me know how you grade them. Thanks, Eduard
I know there is great aversion toward cleaned coins, and i do share that opinion by and large. However, i think there is cleaning, and then there...
Please grade this 1892 O half. Your comments as usual are much appreciated. Eduard
I just cant believe it, my current favourite detecting spot keeps yielding good stuff! Went out today, this time with the whole family for a...
I wanted to show you one of the highlights of my Spanish Colonial collection. This is an 8 reales coin minted in 1810 in Santiago de Chile, in the...
I think i made a mistake buying this coin. It is one of a few i bought during my summer vacation in the US, and which i regretted almost as soon...
I normally don't collect late Roman coins, concentrating instead on 1st and 2nd century. However, since finding a Constantine follis from Lyon...
Today was a good detecting day. My son and i went out to a really nice forest not far from our home, where we had never detected before. 2 hours...
Good morning all, Love these landscape coins! Here are my 2, from the recent Goldberg sale. Both unfortunately quite low grade, but in the...
I have made some good finds over the last 3 or so weeks. Found an interesting spot which has yielded so far 4 silver coins, the oldest dating to...
I guess a lot of you can mention at least one coin that you wish you had bought years ago, but never did? Well, this is one of mine: The 1824...
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