If you can really cherrypick from it, it's worth more than its weight in gold.
My two type coins. The 1866 with rays. This one is now in an NGC MS-64 holder. [ATTACH] The type without rays. This one is graded PR-66+...
This is not a "lucky tillicum" piece, but it's from the same election campaign. The piece piece is concave / convex with the depression side "in...
Here is a genuine 1872-S half dollar. I down loaded this from the PCGS Coin Facts site. [ATTACH] Here is the bad one. This one is really...
“Feeding the beast” is actively collecting these thing in quantity because you like them, not for educational purposes. It also involves actively...
Yes, that counterfeit of the certified 1872-S half dollar is dangerous as hell. You would have to be very familiar with the real thing to spot it....
I am sure that many of the CWT rarity ratings need to be revised, usually downward. As for the replacement of the worn out die with a “like die”...
The variety in the OP is rated as a R-9 which means there are less than ten known. There is not much chance that this piece was issued as an...
To me a "contemporary counterfeit" is a Mahin's Mills piece that was made in the 1780s during the same time period that the genuine coins were...
For those who don't know about the "shattered Indian" variety, here it is. This piece is not at all scarce. How did it last for that long? Not...
Some contemporary counterfeits have value as a piece of history from centuries ago. The Omaga counterfeits were made to rip off collectors off...
It's a quarter dollar, not a half dollar, but it's still interesting.
Not as much fun as the previous postings, but this is a classic Massachusetts CWT that comes in the 5, 10, 25 and 50 cent denominations. [ATTACH]
Sorry, I can't get by the PCGS Registry sign-in today. All they want me to do is create a new account. Please try this one instead....
I set up one for my Classic Head $5 gold coins. My other PCGS sets don’t amount to much because I have too many NGC graded coins.
Don't get too attached to the top coin. It's not good. Given the base grade, which is EF-AU, you shouldn't get hurt of you pay a fair price for...
Alexander Hamilton also thought that the small coin would benefit the poor. It would allow them to buy smaller quantities that could fit their...
Here are the two later Roman coins that were similar to the denarius. Argenteus, Maximian I [ATTACH] Siliqua, Julian II [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The 1808 half cent is slightly scarce in VF-20 and below. It quite to very scarce in the high grades. The standard procedure for the 19th...
If I were writing the auction catalog for those two coins, I'd call the first "ugly" and the second one "hideous."
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