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Buffalo 🦬 coins
James at EarlyUS.com replied to Hesham Mansour's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
Wholesale is around 18 cents each, retail around 50 cents each. -
Indian head Golden coin 2.5 dollar
James at EarlyUS.com replied to Hesham Mansour's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
If it is genuine, then a good guess in AU would be bid: $345, ask: $445. -
1943D One cent , and 1794 flying Hair
James at EarlyUS.com replied to Hesham Mansour's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
I agree that neither of them are genuine coins. -
Military Coins Or Military Tokens
James at EarlyUS.com replied to Errorists's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
After discussing the "challenge coins" with my friend, I did a few online searches, but did not find any encapsulated by NGC or any other legitimate certification company. -
Mark, do you think the time span was even longer ? Kidding - no, I really did think I'd found something extremely special. I have been looking for a rainbow-toned steel cent literally for decades. To that point, I FINALLY started sifting through a bag (around a thousand or so) of steel cents I'd bought a long time ago and realized that about 150 of them were reprocessed examples - like this one. That's why it was able to acquire toning. In all these years, I have never found even a single bona-fide rainbow toned steel cent.
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Military Coins Or Military Tokens
James at EarlyUS.com replied to Errorists's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
I have a friend (ex-Marine) who collects them from all branches of the military. I didn't even know he was a collector until one day a few months ago, I offered him a bagful (about a hundred) that I'd picked up in an auction. They were ALL brand new to his collection, which surprised me, but then he detailed how just about any military personnel can get these made if they are willing to pay to have dies made and set up. At any rate, they are fairly interesting although not my bag of tea. -
Tyrian Shekel - Probable Fake
James at EarlyUS.com replied to Peace123's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
The OP coin looks like any of numerous similar cast fakes that show up in coin shops just about every day of the week, on average. -
Double Broadstruck Bicentennial Quarter?
James at EarlyUS.com replied to Errorists's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
I don't think cleaning it makes sense, but that's a heck of a nice error coin in my opinion! -
Thanks! I've been working on it for ten years or maybe a little less. My two guiding principles have been: Do not break up any existing proof set, and Try to use only non-certified examples. Although I couldn't hit those goals at 100% (a few coins inevitably had to come out of slabs, like the proof Buffalo nickels), at least no complete proof sets ever had to be chopped up. The album is a Dansco 7091 "United States Year Sets". For my purposes, it fits all the coins from 1936 - 1969 in a nice, compact format. The only annoyance is that pesky 1942 proof set that has an extra nickel, taking up a row all by itself.
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Coin Grading Question.
James at EarlyUS.com replied to Errorists's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
In years past, I used to notice all-too-frequently arm hairs encapsulated along with the coin - by all the TPGs! The problem seems to have lessened over the years, but that's probably the single most aggravating problem I've noticed due to (lack of) environmental controls. Here's a gold coin in a PCGS slab and even the not-so-high resolution photo shows a hair resting on the coin's surface at 3:00. -
Coin Grading Question.
James at EarlyUS.com replied to Errorists's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
I am not a grader, but when I very first started dealing coins (on occasion), I tried wearing white cotton gloves. What a big mistake! One of the first things I did was drop a proof Liberty nickel (not in any kind of holder) on the floor because the smooth edge made it impossible to hold securely. Imagine the look of horror on my customer's face! Never made that mistake again. -
First time seeing WWII OPA Tokens in hand
James at EarlyUS.com replied to Lem E's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
And to think that I gave away numerous examples thinking they had no meaningful value! -
Mexico revolutionary coin guide?
James at EarlyUS.com replied to Zorkomatic's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
As far as I know, GB numbers are what's used to attribute Mexico Revolutionary coinage. That includes counterfeits, including some very crude examples off of hand-made dies, that would not qualify for KM numbers, but are still heavily collected. GB numbers are found in a 1976 reference book: Mexican Revolutionary Coinage, by Hugh S. Guthrie and Merrill Bothamley. -
Does anyone recognize this counterstamp?
James at EarlyUS.com replied to Zorkomatic's topic in US, World, and Ancient Coins
I don't recognize it, but it certainly is eye-catching.