The 1851-O trime has long been one of my favorites. I would grade that one EF-45, but it was probably in an AU-50 holder. The 1872 Nickel Three...
As a dealer I blew off the Presidential Dollar Proof sets I had for $4.25.
That looks like a fun set! Great idea!
Not hard to find as a collectible, but less and less available in circulation. Don’t try to retire on large quantities of the very common dates.
As a retired coin dealer who worked at a lot of shows, it was a lot easier to carry 10 one dollar bills than 10 coins. Ditto for the average...
The mint is not even making these coins for general circulation are they? If they are not, they are a waste of metal. I have yet to see collectors...
Actually, I gave you sanitized version the whole story is even worse. Patty Cannon (Her real name may have been Lucretia Patricia Hanley.) was...
I was born and raised in Delaware, and I had no idea who Annie Jump Cannon was. The only famous, or more aptly put, infamous Delaware Cannon I...
Weakness due to strike for Lincoln Cents is more often encountered for pieces struck in the early to mid 1920s. The mint system was preoccupied...
Fake. The dentiles (“teeth around the rim) are uneven, and the design elements are off.
Mostly size for most collectors. Merchants weighted these coins. If it was underweight, you didn’t get face value. There was no mark of value on...
Oops! I misled you. That is a 1795 half Eagle, not an eagle.
Yes, that's how they try to hook you these days. You might let your guard down because the piece is circulated or has a problem. As long as the...
This is not my most valuable coin, but it's one of my favorites. At one time I hoped to get an example of every U.S. coin disign, even if I could...
I see no reason to give your coin a "details grade." My "EF-40" could get "a details grade" because of the stain on the reverse. They could call...
Sorry, I'll refrain from upstaging them, if you think that's what I'm doing. I thought people wanted to learn how to grade this series, which is...
I suppose it's a Fine-12. It's got four letters of the "LIBERTY" which is a diagnostic. I imagine that the TPG graded it VF-20, but there is a lot...
The only broken coin I would buy would be a Matilda penny. Matilda was the disputed British would-be queen, whom the nobles would not accept as...
It also helps to see genuine examples of the coins. Learning those is your best defense because the counterfeiters are adding more "junk" to the...
The coin has a lot of hair detail, but the surfaces look like a Fine to me. I voted F-15. I imagine that this coin is in a VF-20 or 25 holder.
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