As I posted yesterday, I am experimenting with an ultrasonic cleaner to determine if using it actually damages coins. Note that we all know that...
Last year, I posted a question asking about anyone's experience regarding cleaning coins using an ultrasonic cleaner. As you would expect, I...
Some recent posts about a new forum section to acquaint people with coins and their rarity (or not) resulted in me thinking about which three...
I went to the local coin club monthly show in Melbourne, Florida today. Very busy. About 40 dealers and the floor was packed with people, could...
I'm looking at this capped bust half dime offered for sale raw. I was wondering if, in your opinion, this rim ding/cut would be enough on its own...
So here's a low-grade 1804 C-13 half cent. Very common one that I've had for a while but I've never been able to decide if the obverse flaw at...
I was using Ed Fuhrman's new book on Draped Bust half Cents, going over my old attributions and adding die states, when my wife's new kitten...
The Newman Numismatic Portal is hosting a FREE symposium from 10 am to 7 pm each day March 19-21. You have to register (again free) and then you...
So, I am in the process of building a Red Book Variety set of capped bust half-dimes, 1829-1837, where Red Book lists 16 different varieties....
Back on Jan 21 I won this 1796 dollar in a Heritage Auction. Sent the check via USPS on Jan 25. Two weeks later check had not arrived, put a...
I won a 1796 Draped Bust dollar in Heritage's auction of Jan.22 so I sent in my personal check on Jan 25th. Transit was Florida to Texas, so no...
Anybody heard of this outfit? A Google search doesn't turn up anything but I did find the name in a list of "others" on the website of a company...
After yesterday's Heritage auction of early US silver dollars, a 1796 has been added to the US type set. Only two more dollars to go, the Flowing...
Prompted by a member's note on another thread indicating that his LCS did not display many coins: Before the pandemic, when I was regularly...
I just picked up this 1832 and it looks like an LM-4 to me. Obv. 3 and Rev. R. Attributed from Logan-McCloskey. I'm just a bit uncertain with...
So my buddy dropped this silver one peso coin on me and it looks to me like it might be one of the "war pesos" that was dumped into Manila Bay off...
I have a friend who is a collector of everything, two barns full of stuff that he has amassed over 60 years. Knowing my interest in coins he...
One of the my recurring failures photographing coins is that of satisfactorily depicting old proofs such as the 1939 WL half depicted below. This...
I normally don't consider details coins but I ran across this one and I was wondering if the mavens can help me understand the "Improperly...
Can anyone see enough on this 1801 for attribution? I think I see a serif on the first 1 of the date and the blunt second 1 making it a Type 1,...
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