In August 1857, people stood in line to exchange their old coins, including the large cents for the new Flying Eagle cents. People did no like the...
This is the silver Proof, which is a cut above the run of the mill ASEs that come in tubes. Still the price is up. When I was buying them, they...
Capital Plastics made this type of holder many years ago. I don't don't know if they still offer it. Extended time in the ight is not good for any...
I know how much anticipation this carries from many collectors. I was not going anyway, but I do understand the widespread disappointment of this.
You obverse picture is too dark to see very much, but I see several marks on the reverse. It's now worth the shipping and grading expenses to have...
Type collectors recognize two designs for the Reeded Edge Capped Bust half dollar. The first was issued in 1836-7, used "50 Cents" to define the...
EF-45. The reverse might be better, but the obverse grades the coin. There are two types of these coins, the “50 cents” and “half dol.” I will...
Here is the 1909-VDB that is in my type set. This piece is NGC graded MS-65, Red. [ATTACH] I think that you probably did okay. One concern is...
Variety attributions are not my thing during this era. As for the grade, you can conpare it to this one which is an NGC MS-64. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I think that will get an MS-61 or 62.
The “first strike” label is misleading. The mints strike a large number of coins before they release them to the public. No one knows which coins...
When I was a dealer, 10+ years ago there was a grading company that had a rounded bottom on their slabs. I think they called it a shield. I took...
Each to their own. To me this “first strike” stuff is a bunch of fluff. If those things are worth a premium, it’s a Ponzi scheme waiting to collapse.
Good one! And they say you don’t get no respect! :angelic: As I did in 2008, I will ride this out. This will turn around. I am holding a lot of...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is the NGC certified coin that is in my collection. I don't like the coin in the OP because of the pitting in the fields...
Keep the stocks, but do keep an eye on them. Coins are not a great investment at all, especially now. I have many “blue chip coins” in my...
Unless it’s a “vanity or sentimental” slabbing, it’s not worth it. Sometimes collectors get low priced coins slabbed to go into registry sets,...
I have been building a virtual "black cabinet" of counterfiet coins on my computer over the last five years or so. When I see one on a site like...
There are two sub-varieites of the 1805, Small 5, Stems half cent. By far the more common of the two (Although both are tough) is this one, C-3....
The one cent piece offers the most complete date set in the entire U.S. coin series. From 1793 to date, you can get at least one coin for every...
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