I went to my local club’s show and was pleasantly surprised. There were dealers there offering ancient coins, better U.S. coins and a selection of...
It was supposed to be copper, but other impurities got into it. This was technology that was over 220 years ago. The grey color might be from a...
The dealer who sold it to me marked it as such.
The mintages for the First Lady series coins in gold are very low, but they still sell for melt. The only one I have is the Jackie Kennedy piece....
This piece is a Proof, which shows all of the design detail. If you compare it with the OP, you will see that most of the design detail is still...
Here's the one in my collection. It's a bear to photograpy because the coin is black and gives off "hot spots" at every light sourse. [ATTACH]
It has EF sharpness, but I am not sure about the toning. It’s funky, and I would need to see it in person to make a determination.
I am very tired of have all of the price guides cluttered up with all of this numismatic garbage. There is one reason for issuing this stuff … GREED!
I just looked it up. You can buy a ounce American Gold Eagle for $ 3,441.15. Superman is my favorite action hero, but he's not that much of a...
I could see that the 1884-CC Morgan Dollar was bad from the start. The surfaces were completely wrong with uniform porosity. The 1914-D cent...
It's an uneven strike with enough marks to make it a "details" grade. The sharpness is a Fine taken down to VG. You can't say "Good" because early...
VF-20, but barely.
Old faschined gade Good, now probably a VG.
The Philadelphia Mint employees hated working with nickel. They nicknamed it "The devil's copper." It had higher melting point than the other...
I was "a much smaller fish" when the dealer teletype operation was going. I was looking for coins like a 1795 half dime and couldn't find any. The...
No, finding this one was hard enough. It seems like the third party graders are over grading these coins now. I hunted all over this year's...
Okay, $46 is okay for what it is. If you had paid $100, that would have been too much. To explain the color of these coins to those who are not...
The strike and the design details are good, but the rim, especially on the obverse, and the color is not. For circulated pieces, I look for coins...
Back when I collected a set of Flying Eagle and Indian Cents the first time, in the 1960s, there was an 1869 over 8 spot in the album. About 40...
The grey toning on this denarius of Caracalla attracted me at the Summer FUN Show. When I had a chance to study it, I found that a Roman god I had...
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