This is all very interesting, but the majority of information posted here is based on tpg propaganda that is designed to relieve collectors of as...
Thanks Hobo! Thats just what I was looking for. Much appreciated.
Hobo, I'm only interested in the good and fine prices listed for a common date Large Cent. Nothing more. Can you help me?
Does anyone have a Red Book from the late 1940's to the early 1950's? My earliest was a 1963 edition that I gave to a budding collector for...
PCGS has a history of questionable activities that are public knowledge and I suspect that we only know the tip of the iceberg. My hats off to...
Based on mintage figures, my rarest is an 1867 Half Dime in AU, and the most expensive coin in my collection is a 1916 SLQ in AU. I've got a...
In Bowers book on Morgan Dollars he states on page 37 with regard to dies "If intended to be shipped to a branch mint, a mintmark was added to the...
I beg to disagree again. The Denver Mint now produces it's own dies as well as some for the San Francisco Mint. This information is available on...
I beg to differ with the statement that mint marks were added to the dies at the branch mints. With few exceptions, they were added to the dies at...
If you don't know whar RD means, then you really should spend some of your funds on coin books. Scott Travers "survival manual" would be a good...
I collected coins for 45 years and every raw key date coin I've sent to the ANA and then ANACS for authentication was determined to be authentic....
In response to your question Bonedigger, I have stopped collecting as I have several times in the past when the major market players have...
Mr. Feld, Are you the same Mark Feld who is a consultant to CAC? Of course I believe that dealers care about their clients. Thats part of a...
CAC was formed by dealers for the benefit of dealers in order to generate higher prices for certain coins. The idea is to "create" a market for...
While watching Two and a Half Men, it dawned on me that the MERIC on the obverse is the result of die clash from AMERICA in the reverse die. Also,...
Those "planchet flaws" near the rim in front of Ms Liberty are actually the letters MERIC and are incused. Go figure, and don't ask cuz I haven't...
Looks like an S-241 to me. Double S, double fraction bar and the point of the hair curl between the B & E. Looks ligit as well.
I came to the conclusion that this coin "looks" like it was wiped or thumbed because the contrast between the protected areas and the unprotected...
I'm with you Ben. I crack em out as fast as I get them if authentication is not a question. Incidentally, the last I read, PCGS and NGC don't...
In case anyone is interested, I find the Large Cent reference books by Noyes to be superior to Sheldon, Breen and Newcomb. Well worth the $300...
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