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Re: One Hundred Years Ago: What did coin collectors collect?
Honestly I would just be preparing for the depression. 7 years isn't long to save the cash to get through 15 hard years until the war is over. But assuming I could, I would probably start out seeing … (View Post)2 -
Re: Opinions on this seated liberty proof
Proofs are notoriously difficult to photograph well, and coins that look substandard can suddenly pop when properly lit. That said I can only go by these photos, and if the seller is grading it 63 th… (View Post)2 -
Re: Dealer policies with a tinge of "attitude"...
That all seems perfectly reasonable to me, not seeing a problem there. (No, I'm not the dealer in question nor do I know who it is.) (View Post)5 -
Re: Draped Bust Half Dollar grading question
Doesn't look like a dig to me. Even if it were it would probably straight grade, the grading services are much more lenient on early issues and will forgive cleaning and damage that wouldn't pass mus… (View Post)3 -
Re: The Stendebach Collection of Spanish Colonial 8Rs and World Coins at Stack's Bowers Jan NYC Auction
A few portraits in the 1770s, 74/75/77. Not bargains per se, but nothing like the 1733 (a relatively plentiful date) going for $23k. (View Post)1
