Hello everyone! It has been a while since I have contributed here. 2023 has been a busy year for me, with a full time job, working part-time for...
“Multi-million Dollar Discovery!” Coin Dealer Discovers Hoard of Rare Pennies On March 23, coin dealer Mike Bischoff announced to the world in a...
I just finished searching about 850 1919 P dimes. At the 1/500 rate determined from the search of 2100 1919 dimes, I expected to find 1 or 2...
I recently had the privilege of searching a small hoard of roughly 1,850 1919 P dimes, which had never been searched for the DDO. That makes this...
This originally got posted in the Bullion Investing forum somehow (???), so I will try again. I’ve started experimenting with coin...
Sometimes a coin is so cool, you have to buy it a second time. I sold this back in 2017 to a dealer. I just bought it back from that dealer. He...
As some of you know, I purged my collection of Greco-Romano ancients because something happened and then I hated them all. I kept collecting...
For the past few months, I have been on a binge buying Chinese coins from the Southern Song dynasty, basically cornering the western market. The...
I was looking through a friend’s box of fake Chinese coins, when I spotted a round coin, a Qi Yuan Yi Jin, that looked suspiciously like a spade...
“Representative Frank Lucas (R - OK), who has collected coins for most of his life, introduced legislation late last year to legalize previously...
When I was at the TSNA show this weekend, I picked up this nice little 1797 large cent. The variety is S-128, which is distinctive because the M...
This showed up in a Facebook group, and I had to have it. It is a personal check issued and signed by the legendary dealer Max Mehl. It is from...
But it all worked out in the end. :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I see others posting their lists, so I guess I will jump on the bandwagon. 2020 is definitely a year to remember for both good reasons and the...
I just received a dream coin today! It is an 1861 O half dollar recovered from the SS Republic. What is special about it is that the obverse die...
I am excited to announce the publication of my first book: Early Date US Large Cent Rapid Attribution Guide, Volume 1 (1793 - 1797)!!! This is a...
Got this today. S-41 MDS, R.3. Me likey :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This really isn’t excusable... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Fun new large cent I just picked up! 1794 S-21. Rarity 3. The reverse die was used in the much rarer S-20 die marriage, which used the 1793 head...
I was looking up images of S-72 large cents, and I saw this coin. I noticed how all the devices on the reverse were flattened and made “fat”. I’m...
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