This is quite a bit of an esoteric question for the Capped Bust Half Dollar collectors out there. I asked it of a friend that is a rabid Bust...
I may have posted this hack before but I had a graphic example today while photographing a new coin. This 1833 Capped Bust Half Dime (PCGS AU-50,...
Twice in the last few weeks, while awaiting a USPS coin delivery, I received the following text message. I assumed it was a phishing expedition...
This is really a two-part question regarding the Capped Bust coinage; half dimes, dimes, quarters and half dollars. The first one asks how people...
Here's a 1832 half dime up in an eBay auction. It's the R-3 LM-8.4 die remarriage, only moderately scarce. What intrigues me about this coin is...
A friend of mine called my attention to this coin on eBay last night and I bought it BIN for $49.99. It's not a great coin and I normally would...
I received this coin in change at the grocery store and immediately thought it might be feral proof. Closer examination showed it to be a nice...
Picked up this nothing-very-special 1790 Half Reale coin of the Mexico City Mint at my Local Coin Club meeting last week. This coin is about the...
Another perfect example of why you should not believe the attribution supplied by a TPG. I won this 1833 Capped Bust Half Dime from crummy photos...
Care to play on this little mite? I suspect we might get some spirited opinions on this one. I've set up the poll to allow multiple answers.
I've been coin collecting seriously since I retired 5 years ago. And been a CT member since 2019. When I first started I made many of the tyro...
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With the recent acquisition of two new pre-33 gold coins at FUN (1908-D No Motto Eagle and 1908 No Motto Double Eagle), the U.S. Gold Type set...
Want to try your hand at this GTG? Another coin picked up at FUN in a PCGS slab. Please vote in the poll and if you want to give your reasons...
We haven't done a GTG in a while so here's one I picked up at the FUN Show. Vote in the poll and if you feel like saying why you voted a certain...
I just spent the last three days (T, F & S) at FUN in Orlando. Among shopping, rubber-necking, and chatting, I also manned our local club table...
For several years I've been using the free photo editing software PhotoscapeX. I recently had my laptop (Dell Inspiron 15 5000) upgraded (4GB RAM...
I could use some help with grading my 1855 3-Cent Silver. I picked up this raw example a few years ago at a local coin show for my type set. I...
All the talk on CT recently on Trade Dollars brought home my ignorance on this issue. Plus, I won a $20 gift certificate for any numismatic...
I recently acquired this 1833 Capped Bust Half Dime, the LM-10 die marriage with a PCGS AU-53 grade. There's nothing notable about this coin...
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