That is an interesting comment. For several hundred dollars more, I could have had a piece with less work done on it, but a weaker appearance....
Given the way Heritage Auctions go (I know from current and past experience), you might do better if you were to attend a major show. Believe it...
Since this is the place for coins made prior to 1600, this piece just slips under the wire. Here is a recent purchase, an Elizabeth I shilling....
There have been instances in the British series where both hammered and milled (screw press) coins were issued. Here are two sixpence from...
“Hammered” can also be a numismatic slang term for a coin that is exceptionally well struck. I imagine that @derkerlegand answered the question...
I was going to say that the rims look like they may have been filed. I don't think that will grade the second time around. It is good to know that...
It could be that. I have read that the British issued counterfeit Spanish Dollars when they were at war with them. The idea was to ruin the...
I agree with the grade on the holder.
I used to get half dollars in change now and then when I was a child. You didn't see them constantly, but they were in circulation. That ended...
I spotted this Commonwealth shilling at the recent FUN show. This hammer struck coin is usually in low grades. I always have my eye peeled for...
I have building a type set of Confederate paper money for a few years. I am getting close to "the big six" when the prices really get high, and...
I saw this one in person, so I can't play.
The Grey Sheet is supposed to be the wholesale price, but a lot of collectors think they are entitled to pay those prices. Some of them also think...
Large cents, especially nice ones, are a lot more expensive than they used to be. I have dabbling with a one a year set, and even the common dates...
The chances of finding a valuable date or date and mint mark combination in circulation are very slim. The only realistic hope is to find a mint...
A lot of Lafayette Dollars were mishandled. A few of them were spent or carried as pocket pieces. I will post pictures of a worn piece I won for a...
The second one is bad for sure. It has all of the characteristics of a badly done cast copy. The first one is more convincing, but the fact that...
For most years, the coins in mint sets are regular production pieces. There was a period when the U.S. Mint made special coins for mint sets, but...
When you looking for values, you should mention the grading service and the grade they assigned to it. If it is over graded in the holder, it...
No. Heritage get half or more for an AG-03.
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