Here's the first "old coin" I purchased when I was about 10 years old. I screwed it up by cleaning it. It looked a little better than, but it was...
I have never heard of it or seen it.
Here are the Civil War Token (CWT) Monitor tokens. There are more than this with other reverses and in other metals, but all of the obverse dies...
I have never been that big into the off-metal pieces. I think that they look better in copper.
One hundred and sixty one years ago navel tactics were changed forever. Two iron clads, the Northern Monitor and the Southern Merrimack, A.K.A....
Yes, there are no key dates among the circulated coins in those sets. The Mint State coins are another story. I put together a circulated set of...
I don't buy anything on eBay because of their snipping policy. I've been the high bidder too many times, only be out bid by a snipper with not...
The OP coin looks like a low end Unc. to me, MS-61 or 62. But it does not have "the look" that many collectors want. With Franklin haves, it's...
I don't support theft @Kaleun96. If it involves receiving and selling stolen goods, that is a big problem. In the old days, a seller could not...
It's correct if you have one of the very rare Proof or presentation pieces that the San Francisco Mint made for that issue. They were made to...
I thought the coin I have was a Philip II, but as it turns out, it's a Phillip I. No matter, here are the two of them together on horseback. It's...
I’ll be skunk in the room and state that I don’t have much use for these governments that confiscate coin hoards. Most of the time they store them...
I can't see anything wrong with it. It looks like an MS-65 to me.
Looking at this further, perhaps the photos have been photoshopped or puttied. At any rate, I would not buy the piece from these photos.
@Cherd, I think you will find it cheaper and less aggravating to buy coins that have already been certified. The selection of raw, no problem U.S....
I would grade the Indian cent MS-64, Red The Silver Three Cent Piece, AU-55 The 1806 half cent VF-30 sharpness, perhaps cleaned The 1857 Flying...
The photos make the surfaces look odd, especially on the obverse. They look to have been smoothed, although I doubt that. I see a slight break in...
The one on the left is a 1917 Type 1. Almost all of those coins are well struck. After that success, Herman McNeil decided the mess with the...
[ATTACH] Compare the coin on the left with the picture of OP coin on the right. Look at Ms. Liberty's knee and c
Here are photos of the 1876-CC Twenty Cent Piece with the doubled "LIBERTY." [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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