Experienced collectors and dealers can identity modern Proof coins by sight, with or without the packaging. Some 19th century coins, which are...
Here is a little tutorial for you on Proof set packaging. This 1950 set is in an after market Capital Plastics holder. [ATTACH] This set...
Here is an example of the 1795 Off-Center Bust Dollar. This mistake was only made in 1795. All pieces dated 1796 are counterfeits. These bad...
There’s one there now. If it has a reeded edge and is the off-center variety dated 1796, there’s no way it’s real. Bust Dollars never had a reeded...
A great many America collectors are unaware that NGC is way ahead of PCGS in the ancient and foreign coin markets.
Maybe William the Conqueror? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Antonius Pius Aureus, 138 to 161. That's the oldest gold coin I have. [ATTACH]
What a terrible fake! It looks like it might be "NGC certified" to boot. The face of the eagle looks like something out of cartoon.
This 1860 half dime has been a favorite, although it's a common coin. The reason the date which has this piece struck on the eve of the Civil War....
I don’t know which company you are using, but from what I hear, it’s taking a lot longer than that unless you are paying express grading prices....
I think that it’s about 325 survivors, but a lot of them have problems like holed, bent and cleaned.
The vast majority of them that show up ”in the wild” are copies. A local dealer had me come in to authenticate one. It was a copy. I have had...
The 20% buyers’ fee was designed to benefit consigners (sellers). There are ways to negotiate 100% of the hammer price, or even more if you have...
I once owned the former finest known and discovery piece for that variety. It had full Mint State sharpness. Unfortunately an idiot cleaned it. It...
This was many years ago, but a dealer bought a set of Mercury Dimes. Unfortunately, the 1916-D was a glued on “D” fake. One dealer said “There are...
Today certification for coins on that level, certification is almost a requirement.
I won't reveal the year I bought it, but this one has done well for me. [ATTACH] In the area of medals, I bought this one at the right time...
I might be wrong, but I think you have two strikes against you when you send an NGC graded coin to PCGS for the same or a higher grade. If you...
This is no necessarily the result of "greed and egos." A great many rolls of cents were saved in the early 1960s. There was a lot of crazed...
You really need to post of picture of the coin you have before we can give you very information about it. Here is Elizabeth six pence which has...
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