No tongue-in-cheek at all. I hated the looks of that coin, and it would have brought no premium on any site. Here is a bad Proof coin I did send...
Dream on. The coin was a piece of crap. No one wanted nice examples of this coin. Pieces that were less were bullion.
The big disappointment for me with the mint, besides the rising prices, is the poor quality. I’m not saying that everything should be PR or MS-70,...
Here are some Sanitary Fair Civil War tokens. The Sanitary Commission was a private group which raised funds to pay for medical and cleaning...
Given the high prices the mint charges these days, every Proof coin should be virtually perfect. The 2024 silver set I received had a mark on the...
There are no Proof 1967 Kennedy Half Dollars. The only special treatment they received was for the Special Mint Sets, which are not considered to...
A Proof coin can be worn down to the point where you can't tell if it is a Proof or not. Most Proofs that have been worn down to a grade like...
I should also post this piece, the Commonwealth shilling. This piece was issued when Massachusetts started their coinage when English Puritans...
The small planchet Pint Tree Shillings marked the end of the series. These pieces were generally well made, and are the easiest pieces of...
No, it's corroded than therefore has environmental damage. Nickel collectors need to get this "black beauty" phrase out of their brains. When...
That's not bad for $20. I hate to tell you, but I paid $3 for my first one. That was in the early 1960s. Today that $3 is more like $30 in today's...
King “what’s his name” was Charles II. His father had been executed by people who were sympathetic to the Massachusetts colonists. Charles was...
If it’s genuine, there is no such thing as a “poor Willow Tree coin.” The coin was struck with dies that moved during the process. All of them,...
All of the dated Massachusetts silver pieces are dated 1652, except for the Oak Tree two pence which is dated 1662. I believe that was the year...
Yea, now and then.
I am confused by the next to last sentence. Coins are made by a government and have a stated value. Tokens are usually made by private concerns,...
The Oak Tree Shilling is rarer, but it all depends upon the grade. I paid about this same for this Oak Tree piece as I did for the Pine Tree...
I don't collect these bills, but I do have the reference book by Whitman, which was published in 2007. According that reference, it has a low...
It's nice, but the color has been "helped." The Noe-1 large planchet Pine Tree shilling is the poster child for the series. It was well struck and...
If you have been working at the profession for very long, you are probably missing the ends of a few fingers. Ouch!
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