I confused this thread with the “Charlotte Mint Gold Dollar” thread. Sorry.
The trick for the Chinese will be the privy mark. They usually use a real coin to make their copies. I’ve seen them use coins with serious...
I will post pictures of my 1851-C gold dollar over the weekend. My advice is hold off. I’ve been a collector and student for 65 years. I would...
At these prices, one would be far better off buying a really nice old cent which has some history to support it. It’s all wrapped up in a little...
The serious collectors want large cents, especially the early ones. These manufactured rarities are for the new comers with more money than...
The trouble is a lot of that stuff becomes so undesirable that no one wants it. Look at the gold commemorative coins. There was a time when the...
It doesn’t matter. Whatever the government gets out of this unfairly run enterprise, it is an insignificant amount of money for the government....
Yes, but you should think of other collectors. My interest in new mint issues is limited to a silver Proof set every year. For that I pay an...
If the $300,000 bid holds up, the government will be collecting about $71 million dollars from this. That’s like a rounding error for the...
My criticisms of the mint’s conduct has drawn mostly score on the PCGS site, but I don’t care. This is completely unfair to the small collector....
As a collector of 65+ years, I can’t recall of the modern U.S. coins which have been expensive soon after they were issued. Years later the prices...
The 1851-C gold dollar is the most common Charlotte Mint coin. It is the easiest Charlotte Mint coin to find in Mint State. There are three die...
Santa used to be able to afford Civil War token when I was selling them as a dealer. Nice common ones, in EF and AU used to sell for $10 to $20. I...
Unfortunately a lot of this gold nonsense is driven by the central banks. One would think that they would be innovative enough to invest their...
The sharpness is AU-58 with enough little marks to make it AU-55. Cleaning might be an issue. It’s to tell from the photo. This is a neat item...
Collectors only have so much to spend on coins. At $1,600, collectors with a moderate could afford to buy a double eagle. When the prices increase...
When I was a dealer I bought and put away a common date, certified MS-64 St Gaudens $20 gold @ $1,600. That was over a decade ago. I only made...
If you assume that gold at its current high prices has no risk of going down. I am old enough to remember when gold hit $850 and then fell to the...
My grade would be Good. The reverse is better, but the obverse is the more important side for grading.
I am a retired dealer. Back when I played the crack-out game, I would not have even considered sending the coin for grading in the original...
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