They are certainly more legtimate than the Condor tokens. People actually used them, and government officals were very upset by them. The trouble...
I agree with you, but all a very rich guy needs to do to be #1 is buy a few Proof gold coins. Those pieces are rare because most years, the...
There are many common date St. Gardens $20 gold coins. Believe it or not, the St. Gaudens double eagle is, by the design, the most common "old"...
I know that Coins magazine folded. Coin World has not been issued as a printed publication for months, and I have not seen it in bookstores for...
I got more serious as a collector at around 1963. I never saw a bowling alley with human pinsetters. My mother told me of such things, but I never...
The mint has a monopoly on the issues of new coins, so they engage in monopoly pricing. The agency does not have a monopoly in the aftermarket,...
I won this one for a FUN exhibit years ago. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here the piece in my commeorative type set. NGC graded it MS-64. [ATTACH]
Especially grizzly bears. They are nuts.
I bought this one years ago, when I was dealer. I held on to it and still like it very much. It's a Proof-64, CAM. The purists don't like because...
It has too many nicks. Do you think that it's as good as the 1927 double eagle I posted? That one is an MS-65. Here is a 1907 low relief in PCGS...
I likened the old True View pictures to photos they published in my high school yearbook. An unfortunate girl who had acne scars was airbrushed to...
"I disagree. This piece has the typical „creamy“ soughtafter Skin-appearance. Never touched for decades and with small nicks from maybe beeing...
This 1927 double eagle is graded PCGS MS-65, CAC. It has fewer marks that the piece in the OP. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sorry, but I view this as an example of “grade-flation.” I was debating between MS-63+ and 64 and decided on 64. I have read that the grading on...
The pennies were all issued in Henry II's name. The experts distinguish them by the style of the crown. Here are three examples. Henry II...
"BU" is an old fashioned generic term that could used for any untoned coin that was Mint State. It could apply to anything from MS-60 to MS-64....
Technically this is a Commonwealth half groat. The Commonwealth period was the few years before Cromwell become the Lord Protector. Cromwell hoped...
I imagine that there were some British citizens who were not happy about how the American Revolution turned out.
They are definitely an interesting part of history. The odd part is, they are a lot cheaper than if you find the whole coin. I bought this Henry...
It's hard to lose a friend and a fellow numismatist. I remember Lenny Finn from my days in the Boston area. He was a middle class collector who...
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