If you add medals to the mix, this piece is far larger than any of my coins. This medal, which shown beside a Morgan Dollar, was awarded to...
It is currently in an NGC MS-62 holder. It was graded MS-61 at one time. Since there are not that many of these coins around, it’s sometimes...
The trouble with this market is the “l’m going to buy that no matter what I have to pay,” attitude is the norm now, not the exception. It shows...
Here's mine, a pedestrian MS-64. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I am referring to thousands of dollars, in one case tens of thousands. I can live with overpaying by $40 to $60, even a couple hundred. Thousands...
This was one of the problems with the commemorative coin programs of this era. Some, but not all, ended up becoming scams where people pocketed...
I base my bids on recent prior sale results, percentages over Grey Sheet numbers and the PCGS Coin Facts numbers. The Coin Facts numbers tend to...
Yes, I remember reading the story when Jack Freidburg probably the same coin in Good condition across the counter across the counter for $500.
Here is the first coin I purchased, which were from my mother's cleaning lady. I cleaned it and messed it up so that it doesn't look like much...
Here's a really ugly token. It was made from iron salvaged from the CSS Virginia, also known as the Merrimac. It has rusted, which what iron often...
I've been to a couple local club meetings recently. They had a lot of auction lots for sale, but most of them were recent mint trash that...
Take pictures of them and give presentations to other collectors to help them avoid counterfeits. You can also use the photos on the web....
Yes, it is better than the typical government "tolly car" Monticello the used for the final design. The excuse was they didn't think that they...
I think that one of those is "Miricle on 34th Street." Chistmas should be red, and B&W. I have the DVDs that go both ways, and I usually watch the...
The same who claim that they want everything to be "orginal" would turn down a lot of the coins that ARE ORIGINAL because they are unattractive....
Hughes did better work on the larger denominations. There was not a great deal of difference on the half dollar for example. The Gobrecht "No...
The Seated Dime is the "No Drapery Type" made with dies by Christian Gobrecht. The micro type collectors also get the "With Drapery Type" which...
John Paul Jones' Cometia Americana medal in bronze. This one was struck at the Paris Mint in the 1840s. The dies still exist. They are on display...
The Monticello that may have been ... This was Schlag's original design. [ATTACH] Jefferson's home also appeared on the Jefferson Commemorative...
There was also a gold dollar that had the some design, with and without the star. The star is a big deal on the half dollar, but it doesn't make...
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