It’s better to fill the hole with a legal pieces that is marked “COPY” than a deceptive piece that could fool another collector. My attitude has...
Those are nice type coins. The 1796 Quarter is now very expensive. I got in just under the wire in the early 1980s before VF graded pieces shot...
The Red Book has long included the words, “All half cents are scarce.” Off the top of my head, I think that total mintage for the half cent from...
Which half cent has the prettiest design? I have always been partial to the Draped Bust type which was issued from 1800 to 1808. [ATTACH] This...
Here are comparable examples of the Braided Hair half cent and large cent in high grade. The Half Cent. This piece is PCGS graded MS-64, R&B...
Some people have speculated that he was left handed.
Yes, it's the new "skinny neck eagle" variety. Maybe they used a swan as a model.
Absolutely fake. The artwork is not like the original coin. Here are the pictures of the real thing from "Coin Facts." [ATTACH]
Half cents have a small but dedicated following. They are all scarce, as the Red Book has stated for many years, but collector interest is...
The 2X2 cardboard window holders provide good protection, but you have be very careful with the staples. Many coins have damaged or ruined buy the...
I think this is the problem. I think that if you are getting what you want or are making decent income from your sales, you should be willing to...
Senator Jones from Nevada really wanted one when he proposed the legislation that authorized it. I have wanted them for years, much to my...
It’s obverse of the same variety I have. It’s quite common. What is more interesting is the double punched “TY” in “LIBERTY.”
I have not seen this one before. It is signed “Morgan” so I presume that George Moran designed it. I have another Harding mint medal that is not...
It's out of focus just enough to hide some of the problems for those who don't really know what to spot. This is one of the ways that crooks...
Both are brown. When I was a dealer, I saw some better date coins, like a Mint State sharpness 1869 cent that had been dipped bright red. PCGS...
It's hard to say without pictures.
A million sounds a little high. Here are the mintages for the 1804, 1805 and 1806 half cents with the number of die varieties. 1804 1,055,312,...
It’s been my experience that they sell for less than a dollar.
My attitude is summed up by the rabbi’s blessing from the musical, “Fiddler on the Roof.” “May God bless and keep the tsar .... far away from us.”
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