Now I have a dollar, half dollar, and quarter in my DB set; I finally found a dime I liked at a reasonable price. It has a nice patina of...
When gold from California began to flood the eastern markets in the early 1850's, a strange thing happened: Silver became more valuable (in terms...
This short date run of Busties appeared on Heritage not too long ago, so I put in reasonable bids (for me) and was surprised to win them all. All...
Some examples of photos taken with my under 20$ axial lighting setup. I got tired of struggling to get images of copper that were lifeless. It can...
From Yellow River Rare Coins, an N-21-I. I could not resist the amazing reverse die clash. Check this out: [IMG] [IMG] Nothin' like a Fugio!
consists of 2 coins. I decided I wanted a PL one and a toned one. No special dates (although one is a CC) I just wanted the right "look." So...
Warning, if you like your Commems flashy with big rolling luster (I like those too!), this coin is probably not for you. However, I found the look...
Some time ago, I thought it would be neat to have a short set of dimes from 1939-1945. My original aim was to have the set in MS66 FB-- then I...
Let's start with the dime; it's just an MS62, but has a great look, imo: [IMG] [IMG] The quarter just arrived yesterday, sorry about the...
I might see one every week or 2 when I run through the SLD listings, but 4?? Even the 2 raw examples look genuine to me. (I didn't count the 2...
Wish it were mine! Assembled by a Trade Dollar expert, this set is well worth a look. These are totally original, circulated Trade Dollars from...
With this one from Dick Osburn, shortly after he bought it at Baltimore. My 1840-49 set is a mixed bag, some battered, some graded/slabbed, a...
I only own several Morgans, none of which I think are nice as type example, you know, the sort where you would look at it and say "Hmm, nice...
The P mint Trades from 1873-1876 are really hard to find in decent condition; the mintages were relatively low and many were sent overseas and...
When I first started collecting, about 3 years ago, I naturally wanted to buy the least-circulated, least expensive (bad combination, that!)...
Given the success of the Fugio thread, I thought I might start one for Vermont Landscape coppers. I realize that it's a collecting niche, but I...
This is a recently purchased Trade Dollar. It is in a PCGS slab. How do you think it graded? Did it grade, or is it in a 'genuine' slab? I will...
... and off eBay, no less. This coin is the epitome of crust, imho. It also is a type1/2, considerably more scarce than the 1/1, at least without...
Bought from the Reeded Edge table at the Richmond, Va. coin show last weekend. It's in a no-problems PCGS holder with an older green label (not a...
I bought this one recently from Jeff Rock, it's a Newman 15-Y. Some wear and a good bit of the obv. motto doesn't show, but a pretty solid piece...
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