One of the classic counterstamped coins, the Spanish dollar converted to an English coin but using a counterstamp which left us with "The head of...
Group shots are not that great when everything is certified. I have some raw copper left, but bit it would not be much of a dispaly.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is some additional information that might help you enjoy your coin a bit more. At the beginning of the Columbian...
Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror are often available at the big shows. Harold II is another story. His pennies are quite scarce. I...
Not true. Over the last eight or nine years, I have taken a strong interest in U.S. gold from 1795 to 1839. I put together a type set, and I...
The last coin was an 1897. Let's have a little change of pace with the previous year. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I would have mentioned the B-word, but I was concerned about the monirator. It's a perfectly legit word and it's not cussing but ...
I have read the Nero really wanted to be an entertainer more than anything else. His life is certainly something the livened up the study of Roman...
Yes, it's mine. I have at least one coin from every king or queen, who issued coins, from Edward the Confessor to Elizabeth II. I have tried to...
I have kicked around the idea of collecting the 12 Caesars, but I'm fussy about grades. The rare ones are really expensive. Here's my Nero...
Here is one of Edward III's gold coins, a half noble. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The real thing is dated 1861. The original pieces are quite rare and expensive. In 1961 a coin dealer named Braslow made a copies of the coin...
It's hard to make a comment when most of the picture is taken up with the slab. I try to post photos of the coins only. As for grading, many...
One thing that drives super high prices is the PCGS registry. A lot of people, with money, want to be the top dog and to do that you have to have...
I am not thrilled about breaking up old slabs for the most part, but I also don't like leaving money the table when its there to be earned.
PC. I have gotten it to work. I just made a mess of the previous post and could not fix it once it was in edit mode. I posted pictures of some...
Here is a chain of events that changed English history. During his reign, Edward the Confessor (ruled 1042 - 1066) told the future William the...
Here is a copper-nickel cent that is bright white without toning. Sorry, experimenting trying to get pictures to work.
This is perhaps the most common Hard Times token, but the luster on this one was too nice to pass up. The donkey with the "LLD" on its belly...
You can't always judge coins by the pictures. Having worked with coin photography for over decade, you would be surprised how you can alter the...
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