So far as we know, there was one obverse die. There might be records which show how many dies San Francisco received from Philadelphia or how many...
Neither do I. These photos show the test I conducted on it.
Cornucopia is a small one day show that is held near Tampa, Florida on the first Saturday of every month. I have been to it twice. I don’t recall...
A hearsay verbal opinion from ICG is worth the paper it’s written upon. ICG slabbing is cheap enough that any claim as to why the item wasn’t...
The 1893-S “dollar” in the OP is not good. The position the “1” in the date is not in the right spot relative to the dentles. A second marker is a...
Counterfeit. Run away. It looks like a silver round.
That would be VG-07, and that would be my grade. Given the key date situation, and grade-flation, I guess they’d call it a Fine, but I would not...
Given some of the “disappointing material” that I have seen in NGC holders, I’d say that they are being rather petty. The choice is really...
The “barn door” Indian Cents has nothing to do with the closed and open 3 varieties of the 1873 cent. It has to do with a find, which cropped in...
I collect NGC and PCGS graded coins. My preference runs toward PCGS because I have seen few mistakes in their holders, and I think the PCGS slab...
There’s the story of a barn in upstate New York where there a date set Indian cents, each one nailed to a door. Too bad they didn’t have coin...
In addition to using them as jewelry, coins were also holed to make them into tool parts. In medieval England, it was believed that if one wore...
Money derives its value from the fact that other people and perhaps the legal system accept it as payment for goods and services. So long as...
Trusted, knowledgeable dealers at the major shows. Otherwise such dealers on the Internet. You might pay more, but you know you are not getting...
Yes, I think that VF-20 is right for the grade. Keep working with the grading guides, and you will an expert before you know it. I learned by...
The government did not give the Fugio cents recognition as money because they were perceived to be too light. The concern was they would trade as...
Yep, I’m sure. The buyers’ fees started about 10 years later and grew from 10% to 15% to 20% and more.
it’s “deem.”
About 40 years ago the finest known example of this coin came up in an auction. In those days everything was catalogs, no Internet. For a...
Probably three-quarters of the 1792 half dismes were owned by Jefferson at some point. The latest research showed that Jefferson had $75 worth of...
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