I have great interest in coins. The holders are of use for market value and authentication purposes. Collecting all of the types of slabs does not...
As a collector, I hate the rattle holders. As their name implies, they provide second rate protection, and they don’t fit in standard slab boxes....
Yes the PCGS True Views are “glamour shots.” They make many coins look better than they are. Heritage has started to use some TPG photos for their...
It is hollow, but it would be hard to pull it apart.
[ATTACH] Here is an unusual political piece in tin. It is a shell piece which was made from two parts that are joined together, unlike a coin or...
I find photos of whole slab virtually useless. I am buying coin, not the holder unless the holder is damaged so that I can’t enjoy the coin. A bad...
Yes, I will be at the January FUN show, and I will be the lead speaker at educational forum at noon on Friday.
Yes, they were, but I was neither alive nor a collector at that time. You might notice that I have only the type coins. The Oregon Trail Half...
I would. I used to keep up with them, but there are too many of them. I had that one in an attractive card, the way it was issued from the mint. I...
That’s all that counts. The piece was probably a nice VF before someone messed with it. If you a problem coin with the price adjusted for that...
Most old tokens and medals in white metal are beat up. White medal is really soft and easily marked. If the alloy is of a certain type, “tin pest”...
The great part is that U.S. tokens and medals are cheaper than U.S. coins because the market is much smaller. That has been changing a bit in...
Wow! That is quite the display. You have some very impressive coins, and your write-up are great. I wish I could do that, but if I had that much...
I did the same thing when I had my core collection graded back in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
If you are going to survive in the coin business as a dealer, you have to be able to grade coins. Even when pieces have been certified, all slab...
The surfaces have a fake shiny look. One of the basic skills to learning how to tell a circulated coin from an Uncirculated one is to swirl it...
I believe that it already is featured.
You should take close-up pictures of each token to have us attribute them. There are tiny differences between the varieties, especially the "Shoot...
Here's one from 1873 for the Boston Numismatic Society. I was a member when I lived in the Boston area. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It has been polished, but I think that it is genuine. If it makes you happy, two thumbs up!
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