Went for $3831, third time out. Seems to go down about a grand each time he sells it. Just did a little research on Heritage site - I agree in...
I suspect the same. Were I inclined -- or looking for a coin like that, I'd prefer that it had been authenticated by NGC or PCGS - details or...
A philadelphia 1840 $2.50 piece, first year of issue - one of 80 estimated to exist in any grade. R 8.2 (It's graded AU50)[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Interesting auction piece. It was actually sold twice already. The selling price came down $1000 from the first sale ($5900 ish) to the second...
Free is good. It will be interesting to hear about the result.
It's odd, but I have a preference for NGC because of the way the coins look in them and their "consumer" services are really good - so I tend to...
With vintage gold as you describe, I would prefer NGC or PCGS certification - and if they are actually certifiable, not details, they will be...
In his book about type 1 double eagles, there is an interesting piece by Doug Winter on how he "cleaned" - restored I suppose is a better word,...
I'm 67, but have only been collecting coins for 7 or 8 years. I collected a lot of other old stuff before that - musical instruments, pocket...
I have two dealers I love, for completely different reasons. First there's Doug Winter, who likely needs no introduction. What I like about...
All good stuff - with one exception. I don't get the issue about returning a coin. If there are returns offered, then there are returns. If...
Wow, there are so, so many US coins. Partly for that reason, I'm attracted to Carson City mintage - it's not outrageously impossible to own one of...
Here's the twenty cent piece from my CC "one of each type" collection. All of the silver coins in this collection are raw, so most are likely...
Are you the official welcome party? Nice. I don't think I've ever been welcomed into the world before. Thanks.
Wow - so every now and then it's resulted in a huge windfall for their estate, huh? That's very interesting, very important subtle difference...
So if these were samples sent the mint director, I have two questions about that: 1. were they ever legal tender? 2. why were they considered...
Good one!
I like this one quite a lot - 1892CC Eagle. Really sweet coin from near the end of the Carson City Mint era.
Just got a similar email regarding backorders - moved from June to first and second week of August. I guess it's somewhat reassuring that they...
Populariity, yes - it is in the shape of a baseball, pretty cool. But unique? hard to say something of which there are 50,000 or 500,000 of is...
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