Great Post!
I remember an episode of The Waltons where grandpa had a two cent piece that he was selling because the family needed money. The script said that...
Interesting. I did not know that. And yes, the Romans were brutal people when it came to preserving and expanding their empire. Ditto for the...
Unfortunately it has been cleaned. It’s too bad because the coin is unusually sharp for a circulated piece. Over time some of the original color...
Given that mint marks are no longer hand punched, something like does not seem possible directly from the mint.
If you do have it graded, I think that there is a small chance that it could come back as “cleaned.” It’s probably market acceptable, and given...
Did those guys really have that much appreciation for art? I think of them as brutish barbarians who would have preferred a fine ax that was good...
There are slightly cheaper alternatives although you almost never see them. As patterns, the Stellas were struck in other metals. A dealer I know...
When bank note reporters were advising banks about the coins they might receive over the counter, one illustration showed a Pine Tree Shilling,...
I wish I could afford the Flowing Hair dollar in that condition, but I can’t. I have seen them.
I think what you have would be called "strong 7 over 8 tail feathers" because you can see three of them. With the weak ones, you can't see any of...
Most type set collectors look to fill the slots with highest grade pieces they can afford. When you go for something like the recut date, which...
They are made of “Chinese silver,” which probably is not as durable as German silver. We can’t test that because these counterfeits only circulate...
The price was through the roof over a decade ago. This one, which replaced the piece I posted earlier, was in the low 5 figures. It has luster in...
Since the coins were minted in the second century, there has been a lot of time for someone, other than the ancient Romans, to have taken them...
[ATTACH] I like the Proofs that are struck on bronze planchets, not zinc, much better.
Four Dollar gold stellas are attractive coins, but I view them as patterns, not regular issues. For that reason, I have never gone after one....
I think that it is still a VF-30 today. This variety was lightly struck and had weaker details that some Flowing Hair Dollars from the day it was...
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