Technically this is a Commonwealth half groat. The Commonwealth period was the few years before Cromwell become the Lord Protector. Cromwell hoped...
I imagine that there were some British citizens who were not happy about how the American Revolution turned out.
They are definitely an interesting part of history. The odd part is, they are a lot cheaper than if you find the whole coin. I bought this Henry...
It's hard to lose a friend and a fellow numismatist. I remember Lenny Finn from my days in the Boston area. He was a middle class collector who...
Finding a 1952 cent in circulation doesn't seem like much until you consider the age. It's 72 years old. When I was a kid collector in the 1960s,...
Here are a couple of examples. These pieces were made to circulate in Ireland by William Wood, who also made the Rosa America pieces. Like many...
I received my package yesterday from Maine. I'm going to follow suit with the others and not open it until Christmas. [ATTACH]
Yes non collectors were driving the coin market during the 1979-80 period. They took prices to record levels. When they dropped out, the market...
I don’t view proxy bids like sniping. During the live bid process, the runner up can bid again. With snipping the lot closes, then the snip comes...
I see the logic in that comment, but in the case of the 1921 and 2021 Peace Dollars the original human touch was duplicated. Now we really do have...
No, these are coins from my collection. I created the side by side pictures less than 10 minutes ago.
My strategy is to map out the lots I want and then watch them. For most lots, most of the action is at the very end unless someone has made a...
Here are the two coins side by side. [ATTACH] If the mint made the 2021 the same way as they made the 2009 High Relief $20 gold pieces, there...
When counterfeiters make copies, they often slip up with the dentiles. The dentiles below the date bother me. The one with the circle in it below...
I am far from an expert in this area, but my immediate reaction was "cast copy" because of the surfaces. I know corrosion can do similar things,...
The trouble with $2 million coins is that they take up so much money. I could think of a long list of items I would rather have. $2 million...
I have two Claudius pieces. Someone else has already shown the first one, a Cistophorus. [ATTACH] Cistophorus (3 denarii) Claudius and...
You need to grade this coin by the obverse. The flatness on the resverse, which might lead you to say VF or EF, is due to the strike.
There are two local shops near me. I was at the first one today to buy a quarter ounce American Gold Eagle to complete I type set I started a few...
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