Detail probably in the Good range, but the surfaces are corroded and it's been badly cleaned, so it would be worth less than Good money. For a...
Very nice set. I like the surfaces on the 1793; tough to find one of those that isn't corroded. The 1795 is the prize of the set: a beautiful, tan...
Definitely a fake and definitely not 60 years old. Somebody lied to you.
In my experience, none of the TPGs do a good enough job on coins struck on a screw press, and the mechanical clones struck after 1836 have little...
I bought one Morgan in a local club auction. It was in an ICG slab as 65. I thought it looked nice and won it at a good discount. Cracked it out...
Definitely what is called a "chatter strike" or "die bounce" in the early copper world. Same as machine doubling, I'd guess. Double striking means...
Nice set!
As I understand it, the ANA was under heavy pressure from the dealer community to adopt the numbers. They give the false sense that grading is...
In college, I bought a Chain cent. It proved to be an electro.
Nice VF S-289.
That assumes that there is a definite difference between MS66 and MS67. Nobody can define exactly what that difference is, so a "gold bean" might...
This is one of the reasons that I do not respect slab grades.
This is an important issue. It is the reason for the TPG grading "system." They do not "grade" coins, but rather they "price" them. If they call a...
I hate to be so cynical, but if you want to protect your investment, avoid areas that are "hot" today and buy what collectors will want in 10-20...
Cool set. At one time, I had an unstruck 1793-95 half cent planchet. I've never seen another.
My first thought was that it's a nice proof. My second thought is that the reverse is not the die used in 1833, which makes it a fake. The proofs...
The only collectible coins will be those that have provenances back before counterfeiting was perfected. And it won't be long.
'93-S Morgan. I believe that a while back I saw 9,500 slabbed. I don't believe that any half cent variety is as common as that.
It is refreshing to see people who realize that silver (and gold) are commodities and have no more inherent value than any other commodity. So...
"Experts" used to sell a 10% sulfur ointment in petroleum jelly to recolor copper coins. It converts metalic copper irreversibly to copper...
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