Great story! I have owned one three legged Buffalo. It was when I was a dealer. I had it for a very short time and flipped it for $100 margin....
Many thanks to my Secret Santa, "J", who gifted me these two pieces. I have to admit that I didn't know that there was a silver Krugerrand. It's...
Yes, I build it every year, and will do so as long as I can. It’s a little different every year.
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You might see many odd things on Type II Gold Dollars. Many of the 1854 dated pieces show rust pits on the obverse die. The medal flow was wrong,...
Fine-15 sharpness for the Buffalo with a lamination on the reverse. EF-45 for gold dollar. The missing “8” in the date is a mint caused issue....
The Great Depression really put a damper on coin production. In 1932 the mint system issued only cents and the Washington Quarter because it was...
When I first started posting coins on that registry, NGC said that the rankings should not be based on posting a few expensive coins with a low...
The last coin I needed for my half cent to non gold dollar coin type set. Anyone who has tried to complete this type set knowns that the 1796-7...
They are certainly more legtimate than the Condor tokens. People actually used them, and government officals were very upset by them. The trouble...
I agree with you, but all a very rich guy needs to do to be #1 is buy a few Proof gold coins. Those pieces are rare because most years, the...
There are many common date St. Gardens $20 gold coins. Believe it or not, the St. Gaudens double eagle is, by the design, the most common "old"...
I know that Coins magazine folded. Coin World has not been issued as a printed publication for months, and I have not seen it in bookstores for...
I got more serious as a collector at around 1963. I never saw a bowling alley with human pinsetters. My mother told me of such things, but I never...
The mint has a monopoly on the issues of new coins, so they engage in monopoly pricing. The agency does not have a monopoly in the aftermarket,...
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Especially grizzly bears. They are nuts.
I bought this one years ago, when I was dealer. I held on to it and still like it very much. It's a Proof-64, CAM. The purists don't like because...
It has too many nicks. Do you think that it's as good as the 1927 double eagle I posted? That one is an MS-65. Here is a 1907 low relief in PCGS...
I likened the old True View pictures to photos they published in my high school yearbook. An unfortunate girl who had acne scars was airbrushed to...
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