Got This One from Heritage. Capped Bust/Variety 2, Modified Design (1826-1837) Another issue I'm starting up. I haven't ID'ed the die...
Okay, because of COVID-19 I can't go out and get coins. But thanks to CG, Heritage and eBay I can get the coins to come to me. A new interest...
Just received another guide/reference book today. My library is now over 40 numismatic related books. Now, if I could only afford all the coins...
When I look at better coin auctions, I stick with: -- eBay -- Great Collections -- Heritage -- Stack's & Bowers Why? Because they are the only...
Here is something that caused me to use a number of bad words. Two coins that are the same die variety but not quite the same grade. I think I...
The Spring Baltimore Whitman Show has been cancelled. Bummer, but I understand and agree. I'm almost 80 and am an ex-smoker so I'm in the high...
I'm trying to find the definitive die variety guide to Liberty Head Large Cents (1816-1839). I've got Grellman's book for 1840-1857. From what...
Stack's & Bowers just sent me their catalogs for their auctions associated with the Baltimore Whitman Show later this month. I pluralized...
Humpf! As good as I THINK my purchasing records and inventories are it looks like I'm still buying the same items more than once. I like what I'm...
I have a full date/mm set of Peace dollars. It's a secondary set for me so I wasn't originally after high grade coins. I just looked at my...
As I said when I posted the 1943 South Africa 3d coin, I attributed the problems to wartime production. But from that post I did learn that the...
This one arrived yesterday; I don't have any more coming. I'm now saving up for the Baltimore Whitman Show on March 20. Also I just received my...
We were in Austria in 2002 when that country switched from the Shilling to the Euro (1 January 2002). I had gone into a bank in late December 2001...
Two recent arrivals for my Classic Head/Cohen Variety Half Cent set. You can see by the labels that they haven't been officially attributed yet....
First Assumption: South African coins struck during WWII were struck in in the UK. Second Assumption: Royal Mint practices during WWII were a bit...
In general I don't care for error coins. The ones I've had in the past have all been sold off. But this one is different; it adds to my Indian...
I don't know British coining practices. And this was during WWII. This is a 1943 South Africa 3 pence coin which had something done to the date,...
Questions pop up not infrequently about whether a serial number deserves a premium. Here is a general guide to the answer: SOURCE Information...
I decided to expand my Classic Head half cent set from a date set to a variety set (Cohen Number). Here's a new addition: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] Once...
Pricing single coins is relatively easy. But I've got a raw 1938-1985 Jefferson Nickel set that I want to sell. It's BU (I used MS-63 as my grades...
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