'38-Ds make great type coins because they come so nice. I'd guess AU55-58 on this guy. You did well.
Guessing 65
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Don't let the door hit you in the reverse on the way out.
I doubt the hammer price was any surprise to the seller whatsoever. In my mind this was an obvious mid-six figure coin. I daresay that if it...
I suspect that it's relatively modern and probably not a coin. Possibly a token of some sort.
Exactly -- although the fact that he's a police officer might have helped him get around some of the security.
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Jacques Wiener cathedral medals are cool, and definitely have a following. I've never heard of one being buried before, so we'd really need to...
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Been there, wrote an article about it. Probably $30-$40 million in coins in one specific display case.
To me, there are no actual coins that are off limits. I will not pay a premium for WTC-slabbed coins for the same reason that I will not pay a...
I think my coin would be a star, easily, but it's not worth my money to cross it unless it would also upgrade, and I don't see that happening. I...
Nice coin, probably at least AU55 from what I can see. Unfortunately, it looks like these sell for close to bullion even in low uncirculated...
Certainly German, appears to be struck in Berlin (mintmark A). Although the side with the denomination is either worn off or removed, I agree that...
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It's a medal rather than a coin; a German coin from that timeframe would have included both a denomination and the name of the issuing country or...
Catalog for this 1897-H coin is $160 in Fine. This coin isn't quite that nice, maybe Very Good or so. The only one of these we've ever auctioned...
That was kind of my feeling as well, but again I'm not exactly an expert.
The design is certainly Byzantine. CONST AVG is short for Constantine Augustus, or Emperor Constantine. The Byzantine empire had probably six or...
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