Welcome back! It's good to hear from you again. I think that I would have left that Antietam coin alone. Collectors are competely obcessed with...
Yes, one does expect to see more problems on a low grade coin. This piece would be okay for an album coin. If it were a 1901-S quarter which might...
I remember 1975-6. The Bicentennial coins were easy to get however you wanted them, from circulation, clad Proof sets and 40% silver coins in Mint...
I am not a fan of Reverse Proof coins. I find them unattractive. I have only one in my entire collection. It is a dime that was included with a...
A dealer told me at a recent local show that the smelters are all backed up and can't handle the flood of business. That is making the purchase of...
Everything looks genuine. These are not really "culls." They are not really numismatic (coins that collectors want), but there has been an active...
I think that the pictures are hard to see, which was probably done on purpose. Here is a genuine example. [ATTACH]
That might be hard to do. It would be better if they were banned, but eBay would never do that. They represent a revenue stream for the company....
You have to be a totally uninformed person not to know that “Mint State, Ultra Cameo” does not go together. It’s probably from a Chinese, non...
The sharpness grade is better than that, it all depends on upon whether it’s been cleaned or dipped. I can’t tell by the pictures.
I don’t see a straight grade for this piece, but I can see someone paying thin VG money for it.
[IMG] If the mark under Ms. Liberty's arm is really there, it might grade not higher than MS-63. These coins tend to come in higher grades. This...
Coin switching was a problem with old ANACS papers. It got better when they switched to color photos. Still many people have trouble matching...
You can't expect to get better mint marked pieces in a lot like this. You would expect duplicates. The main thing to be concerned about is cull...
I don't have very many transportation tokens. This is nice one for the New York and Harlaem Railroad which ran in New York City. It started out as...
I think that MS-61 is on the low side. It could be that CACAC under grades to get higher prices for their products. I haven’t looked at a lot of...
I don't know what the current thinking is, but for as long as I have been active as a collector, this little die crack which runs from the rim to...
It looks like an MS-63 to me, but some people might be turned on by the toning. I'm not.
I am sure it's the same with silver, but a lot of bids for larger gold coins ($10 and $20) on the Grey Sheet has really flattened out. There is...
Fifty-five years means nothing. Anybody can screw up. You can also be a dealer who has been in business for 55 years who has lost his fast ball....
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