http://goldbergcoins.auctionserver.net/view-auctions/catalog/id/3/ Lot 817 Lincoln Cent. 1959-D The Unique Wheat Ears Reverse!. MS60 May 31
For those of us who don't have receipts, how do we establish ownership (especially of coins that we acquired decades ago)? Could we sell them to a...
If authentic, it is a unique US coin. What other US coinage exists as only a single one? I find it interesting that the US Mint (via the Secret...
One way is to take them to a local coin dealer and ask his opinion. The shop will probably have some books on coin grading. For coin valuation, A...
I'm assuming that you can return a counterfeit or replica coin (misrepresentation or outright fraud?). What do the eBay rules say about that...
Have any CT'ers used the ANA insurance? If so, what has your experience been. What restrictions are there these policies? Thanx, Cringely
Edap, Weight should be 4.18 grams, diameter 18 mm. Unfortunately, there are a lot of fakes out there. For diagnostics, I'd look at...
Does that mean present day US currency? sorry, couldn't resist:)
Having completed collecting the entire 20th century copper and silver circulating coinage, all 1401 of them, I am now working on a complete US...
A Guide Book of UNITED STATES TYPE COINS - Q. David Bowers (Whitman) The Little Half Sisters - Roger Cohen The Half Cent Die State Book:...
1849 double eagle. 2 minted, only 1 known (at the Smithsonian). Should the other ever surface, it would easily go for over $10,000,000.
The nice thing about slabs is there is a very good chance that the TPG (or auction house, e.g., Heritage) already has a high resolution...
Because U.S. coins have presidents on them and politicians won't let them be changed:headbang:. The Virginia congressional delegation forced a law...
Nice 1794 Head of '95. That has to be the highest graded '94 around.
Anybody who is thinking about trying to artificially tone a coin should read Weimar White's Coin Chemistry. There are multiple short chapters on...
In Japan, on the streets, there are beer vending machines (500¥?). I still recall the beer vending machines in the China Lake NWC BOQ (75¢?)...
For the earlier years (when appropriate), I use coins 100 years older than my family's birth years. Some of the older proof coins (e.g., a 1888...
A ¢heap (and safe) way to tone For copper coins, leave them in old gym sox for a few weeks or so. This will change the surface(s) from red to...
Does referencing your original post with "stainless is King of CoinTalk...Not Spock, nor Ardatirion" count?
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