I try to come here to help people learn based a many years of research and 60+ as a collector and 15 years as a dealer. If you don't like what I...
I can’t see anything wrong with it with respect to authenticity. It’s probably been cleaned with something like baking soda, which means it...
Not to burst your bubble completely, the 1972 Doubled Die Obverse Cent is not exactly "a great coin." To date PCGS has graded 4,500 examples (I...
I have had this one for a number of years. It seems to me that grading standards have changed. What do you think NGC called this one. [ATTACH]...
Yes, the odd mint mark was the first think I noticed.
They are on my list , but I have only run into one so far, and it had little to much green (corrosion) on it for me.
Some the pictures make it look like it's been whizzed. So far as I'm concerned, bad pictures = instant pass.
You use acetone or something like that which disolves the stuff. You need to avoid doing anything "physical."
I have always liked the Phildelphia Sesquicentennial $2.50. A lot of dealers make the sign of the cross, like they are scaring off a vampire, when...
The issue price was $200, which was more than most families earned in 6 months. The $50 gold pieces were priced at $100 each, but when you bought...
You still might be able to get the PVC off without leaving too much of a mark. I did it with some very scarce Lincoln political tokens that I...
The three English kings who ruled from 1087 until 1154 made the worst coins in British history. William II was the son of William the Conqueror,...
Here are close-up of one NGC graded MS-65, Red. The difference is very subtle, but any experienced collector or dealer will note it. The coin...
NGC graded this one MS-65, Red. [ATTACH]
Here is a fundamental question. Why are cleaned or polished coins "bad?" Most collectors want their coins to be as close to the way they were...
Here's one of the boxes that housed the Pan-Pac sets. [ATTACH] Here's how it looks with "virtual coins" in it. I spent some time doing this when...
These are loads of them around, and they are always available for a price. Those prices have been getting lower in recent years because the market...
EF-AU sharpness, but it appears to have been polished. One of the skills that one needs to grade coins and spot problem pieces is to be able to...
Here is an 1893 Columbian half dollar and a leather pouch in which it was sold. It is my understanding that these pouches, which come in several...
Black is not a good color on a copper-nickel coin. It is the color of corrosion. This applied to the “thick, white cents” of the Civil War era,...
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