"Early gold" to me means Capped Bust era. But I assume you are talking about Liberties and Indians vs modern bullion and commemoratives. There...
That's impressive.
OK, so maybe much of it ends up in Kirkuleez junk drawer. But I suspect many of the 8 Billion cents minted last year do not. Assuming a cent's...
Really? I was in line to buy lunch today and all 10 people in front of me paid with a credit card or phone. I haven’t used coins to pay for...
I’m not an error expert, but I consider laminations in a grey area between mint error and damage.
Though there is probably a strict definition somewhere that makes a lamination an error as opposed to damage, to me it is an undesirable defect. I...
I gave the CAC sticker to my daughter because it was nice and shiny. Unexpectedly, she used it to certify a coin in her own "collection". [ATTACH]
This is how the coin looked when I bought it: [ATTACH] This is how it looks in its new home: [ATTACH] Why? Because buffalo are herd animals....
Beautiful! Are they coming up for sale somewhere?
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The hobby continues to bifurcate. On one end you have the raw coins, Dansco albums, mint & proof sets, and estate sale hordes. I'm pretty sure...
Would come back VF details. It's very hard to find raw seated dimes that will straight grade now. Unlike Morgans and some other series these coins...
Some very good information in this post. One should be careful not to generalize too much though. SOME dealers make all of their money buying from...
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