Some would agree like a lot of the U.S. series like U.S. Colonials have hit the WALL in terms of elevated prices but withe start of the MNA and...
Mexican Cap and Ray Dollars in PCGS or NGC holders in MS63-65. Easy money. MNA just was formed and the Whitman Bailey books are building a larger...
Jimmy King of Osterville, Mass..
Stu - a few dealers have told me buying the right coin is EASY but selling is MORE DIFFICULT. Knowing how to buy and sell IMO makes your a more...
How to make money in coins: 1. Specialize - Pick a niche, join its club, read the books, review the auction catalogs. Keep making yourself an...
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Insider - you make a good point. In terms of that NJ Copper it was harshly cleaned - chemically - not mechanically - as the surfaces were free of...
A lot of collectors I meet are perfectionist collectors or who buy in to this mindset that MS 68 is better than MS67 ... we see this now with coin...
A better example is ancient coins where most were buried and cleaning is commonplace on most examples.
Its unlikely this NJ Copper will ever see a TPG but perhaps in fifty years ... the goal here was to expedite its original toning ... of course...
The coin was described as partially olive toned and cleaned recently as the coin was also pedigreed to the sale where it was described as ORANGE...
When I tell people I invented a great copper cleaner I get all sort of responses so I normally just sell my JPL Coin Care to astute collectors...
SuperDave - Agree ... LOL ... but since it did not look like an electro or a cast IMO he has a better shot then 50/50. JPL
Its real - post the grade/coin.
Looks good to me. Massachusetts Colonial Copper alloy contemporary circulating counterfeits (i.e., of the period) are very rare for this colony....
I mentioned previously about Stacks/Bowers and group lots and not all coins being pictured - HOWEVER - their new website - Internet only seems to...
Agree - without coin in hand its difficult. Lamination or a toning streak ... bit IMO both are due to improper alloy mixing. Sometimes surface...
... or was it a 1964-D Kennedy Half Dollar ... whatever ...
Again - what I find in this forum which is useful to me is most conversations are not very historical or scientific but center around grading...
I remember one dealer saying to me many years ago - Buying is easy - selling is the Difficult part. Another factor is where is the coin going into...
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