BillJones ✭✭✭✭✭
Welcome to the "Classic Gold Collectors Club!"
The 1838-C half eagle is hardest piece in the set to find nice. I looked at many of them until I found the one that worked for me. The 1838-C was not as well made as the 1838-D, which can be found in AU for a price.
My 1837 half eagle is in a PCGS MS-61 holder, and I am quite happy with it. I traced it back using the Newman Portal site to the 1976 ANA auction, which was held by Stacks' in New York City. There it was graded AU, which is the true true grade. Coin grades are quite fluid, as you probably know.
You might know that we are collecting "Mint Drops." That was name the opponents of Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren gave to them on some Hard Times tokens.
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Re: Do you consider 1909-S V.D.B. essential to make for a complete date/mint set of Lincolns, 1909-1940?
There is something to be said for a one a year collection, if you are on a budget, but if you are collecting the Lincoln Cent set, the 1909-S-VDB is part of it. You could leave out the 1922 Plain. Th… (View Post)1 -
Re: Heritage Auctions
The attitude seems to “If someone else is bidding, it must be good.” The response is, not necessarily, and perhaps not necessarily at that price level, including the buyers’ fee. One indicator is to … (View Post)1 -
Re: Heritage Auctions
That’s why I MUCH prefer to buy at shows. Many of the guys who bid in auctions would not pay the same or lesser amounts via private treaty. (View Post)2 -
Re: Did not expect to pay this much at auction for my 1851 Liberty Half Dollar PCGS VG Details
Things have changed. “Details grade coins” are now in the “platinum sale section” of major auctions. I know if I bought the vast majority of them, I would be eternally unhappy with them. I refuse to … (View Post)3 -
Re: Did not expect to pay this much at auction for my 1851 Liberty Half Dollar PCGS VG Details
If a “details coin” is the best I can afford, I don’t own one. (View Post)6
