I've noticed from auction histories (Heritage, GC, etc) that in general, coins that don't come up for auction very often tend to increase in...
I had several boxes of baseball cards collected from bubble gum packages I bought as a kid in the 60's. They were stored in my parents attic....
Social Security hasn't been going broke for 85 years as well as Medicare. However, changes to both programs have required additional funds to...
From my experiences, younger collectors are biased towards modern coinage so I wonder what the market will be in the future for older coinage.
It's anyone's guess what will happen to the coin market in the next few years. The political turmoil in our country today won't be good if you...
Very nice! I hope the grades meet your expectations.
Here's a nice Buffalo from my collection
My favorite Liberty (so far).
To me it depends on what your collecting goals are. For me, I went into collecting coins as a hobby first, investment second. You could sit on...
Then to hell with it!
After examining the photos more and considering some of the other comments I'm leaning towards this not being a matte proof. The example matte...
The orientation of the letters in LIBERTY look identical. The rims look correct as well.
Here's a certified 1909 Matte Proof I have for comparison
Looks 64 to me. Diamonds and necklace sharp.
Flashy:-)
I'm an older collector so I'm biased towards traditional coinage and not today's plethora of mint issues. I'm sure there is a bias towards modern...
I definitely wouldn't have guessed MS 65. I would buy a lower grade, well struck coin over this one. Maybe the grading services need to add...
Now that I thought about this a little more I am not sure about my last comment. Since the dies clashed then couldn't the weakness in the center...
I appreciate reading all of the comments on this thread. One's never too old to learn from others. I tend to agree now that there is wear on the...
Good examples but couldn't deteriorating dies and strike have an effect as well?
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