That's a fun, interesting concept that is no prohibitively expensive. Good idea!
Yes, some collectors and dealers made a big deal out of the 1955-S cent and dime because they were the last of their kind, but that has long since...
In my opinion the OP coin should have gotten an EAC grade of VF-20 or 25. Once more to help the newcomers with this, the EAC grade might seem...
Unless it's some sort of ultra high grade PCGS certified Mint State piece, the answer is no. In the circulated grades, there might be tiny...
Here is an early half cent that really is an AU. PCGS graded this one AU-58. That makes it "equal" to the OP coin. Yea, right. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I forget if it was NGC or PCGS who body bagged this 1797 1 over 1 half cent. I think their excuse was "artifical toning." The graders who did that...
To help less experienced collectors understand this, the flat spot to the left of Ms. Liberty’s eye is a strike issue. There was probably no...
As with the OP coin, you are going to see a lot of die cracks and planchet issues with these coins. The mint employees hated making them. Nickel...
It gets under my skin when I had some nice early copper coins that they sent back to me in body bags years ago. Later, after I sold them, I saw...
I have had several of these and have kept up grading. This is the last one, which is the best I've handled. This one is still raw. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, the third "8" is different from the previous two. It makes sense. You make a very good matrix die and leave the last digit off. Then then you...
I have been out of the bulk grading game as a witness for a long time. But from my experience 20+ years ago, the "bell curve grading policy"...
For many years, it has not only been enough to make an MS coin; it's been enough to lift an MS-64 to MS-65 or 66. Sometimes you don't even need...
If it went in an AU-58 holder, it would not stay there for long unless an "end user" collector bought it at a premium. If it really is rubbed, it...
There is too much money to be made from crack-outs for the TPGs and the owners of the coins for that to happen.
This is all very disturbing. I had heard about this “previous owner” stuff, but how many run-of-the-mill Roman coins have a list of owners with...
MS-63. I think that some people are confusing the darker area on the cheek with wear.
When I was a member of the Boston Numismatic Society from the mid 1970s to the 1990s, there was a group of ancient coin collectors who looked down...
I would like to buy it as EF-45 (at 45 money) also since it is at least an AU-50. I'd say from the photo, more like AU-55.
The Coin World author makes a point when he says that there would not have been time in 1816 to have prepared the dies. Yet, the 1816 dies could...
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