This is good advice. I have seen PCGS blow it on naked eye Red Book varieties when the price difference was significant.
I was going to say MS-64, but I guess the rub marks under the "TY" in "LIBERTY" took it down this level. This one of those coins that says, let's...
This is the kind of coin you need to touch and weigh to say whether it's good or not. Photos are not flattering.
That 2009 sale price was really low, perhaps because the item was offered in the wrong auction venue. I was getting almost $700 for the bronze...
When I owned the 1797, 16 star dime, years ago, I could marks with thin lines under the stars that were definitely not repunched stars with a 10X...
It has taken me over 45 years to form this collection. I started this collection with an 1800 "LIKERTY" half dime in the mid 1970s. When I was...
It is unsual to see a genuine coin that looks like this. The marks look like they are reproductions of marks, not the original marks. I am 80%...
Here is a 1797, 16 star dime from "Coin Facts." Note the undertype below the stars especially on the right side. [ATTACH]
Okay, what's your theory. I wish I had super close-up photes of the 1797, 16 star dime. Maybe I can get some from "Coin Facts."
Recently @Eduard posted pictures of a very nice group of early U.S. dimes. I mentioned that the 1797, 16 star dime had hash marks under the stars....
These coins have not been popular with collectors or the general public. The presidential dollar series turned out ot be a flop. The U.S. Mint...
As the Major League Baseball owners and players debate whether or not there will be a season, I thought it would be appropriate to look and one of...
The Kennedy Half Dollar was brought into production in record time, from early December to late January. It is interesting to note that the...
They have to please the dealers who send coins to them. I used to send coins in when I was a dealer. I got “gifts” and “disappointments.” The...
To be fair, it took months to develop a new design for a coin. Just reducing the large models to coin size on the John-v-a (sp) machine took three...
One numismatic commentator compared the Lincoln Memorial reverse to a trolly car. The design as never been admired, and how could it be? It takes...
By the photo, MS-63.
Yes, that's what I am afraid of. The fields appear to have been rubbed with an eraser or something. The base grade would be AU-50 without the...
For me, as a collector for more than 60 years, it still is. They are the only modern American coins that I buy these days. The rest of the stuff...
The last I knew it as on the second page of this U.S. coin section.
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