The hair detail above the ear does not look right. Here is an 1895-O dollar in Gem Uncirculated condition. It's almost impossible to find this...
Not for many coin buyers. Some of them need a firm guide to tell them what the net grade and price should be. Usually a problem like moderate...
It was net grading due the former jewelry use. Had it not been for the mount on the edge, which none us could see, EF sharpness would have been...
It seems as if the prior to 1817 Maundy coins were used as coins of the realm. I don't know how much of a role they really played in commerce, but...
I am thinking about it, but if I did, it would be no more than one set. When did Maundy coins really become collectors' items? It seems like the...
Yes, in my photo files, everything from 1900 to the present is in my "Modern Coin" folder. I became a baseball fan in 1959. We are now 64 years...
The design for the Washington quarter got caught up in politics. There was originally a contest to see which professional artist's design would be...
The British coinage system was badly in need of an overhaul before Napoleon started terrorizing Europe. The Tower of London Mint was badly...
It looks cleaned from that picture. If they ignored that, it shouldn’t grade any high than EF-45. I’m thinking more like EF-40. There is a school...
1816 British sixpence. [ATTACH]
Here is an example of the 1801 cent with the three error reverse. The fellow who made this die "may have had a few" the night before. The "U" in...
Yes, I have problems reading the dates on those Gothic design British coins. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Peace Dollar was issued in the wake of World War I, which was billed as "the war to end all wars." That turned out to be sadly and wildly...
Recently this piece popped up on a dealer's fix price list, and I purchased it. It is a DeWitt AL 1864-33 in copper. It is rated as an R-8,...
You have to push around on the surface until you find the sweet spot where it opens a crack. Then you can push the lid up. It’s not that easy.
This one is an MS-65, CAC. I just bought it, and I thought that it was "all there" for the grade. Getting an MS-66 on a coin from this era is...
The "big, heavy" aspects of the Mega Red Book, sort of make it a no go for me. I have other books with similar information, and it is not a...
I still don't have a "live" Julius Caesar portrait coin. I have one that was minted 11 months after he died. The most common Julius Caesar pieces...
The book was issued in 1946 with a 1947 date on it. The date on the cover is always a year ahead.
The "glamor shot" gives it a totally different look. The slab photo makes it look like it's been artificially recolored. I owned this one for a...
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