Edward I was a remarkable king. After almost losing his crown to Simon de Montford, Edward escaped his captors, built an army and defeated...
If you were my age in 1976, you might make it!
In dog years, you get there quicker.
The Liberty Nickel has black spots all over it. Look at the circulated nickels that might be in your pocket. Do they have black spots all over...
The three types of Standing Liberty Quarters. Type I [ATTACH] Type II The date was volnerable on these pieces and tended to wear off the coin....
They are made of bronze, which is something, but the mintage was 3.7 billion, and the Red Book says they are worth $1 in MS-65 Red. I would not...
It would be nice if the mint would issue some coins that "the average Joe" can afford. The mint did that in 1976, perhaps too much, because they...
35 years ago, I was not a fan either, but when you spend serious money on your collection, it becomes mandatory. Slabs also provide physical...
I am not an error coin collector, but my impression, based on 60+ years experience in the hobby, is that "genuine" is more important than the...
At this point the main profits that will come from common date double eagles will be from increases in the price of gold bullion. The numismatic...
I am old enough to remember when gold hit $850 an ounce for a brief time in the early 1980s. After that it fell to the $250 neighborhood. Don't...
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The gold commemoratives are 90% gold and slightly less than a quarter ounce. The quarter ounce pieces are full weight and .999 gold. Yes, my $500...
Yes, they did. It was around 20%. Some of them, like the Jackie Robinson coins, it was a lot more because of their “low mintages,” like 5,000, for...
Unfortunately, that will probably be true. The mint charges way too much for the copper-nickel commemorative half dollars at over $50 each.
The 1950 Proof half dollars are hard to find in nice condition. Many of them were not well made from the beginning. The mint personnel had made...
Given the price of gold, you might be quite surprised at what the gold pieces are worth. The two five dollar gold pieces in the U.S. capital set...
Here is a photo I took of Burnside's Bridge, which is shown on the reverse of the Antietam commemorative half dollar. I stood on the spot with the...
I bought this MS-65 many years ago, right after the market collasped cira 1990. It's in an old "fatty" NGC holder. [ATTACH]
I think that this is a genuine example. There are fakes. The prices on these have gone up and down like a yo-yo over the years. When I was paying...
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