Beware of cast counterfeit Trade and Seated Liberty Dollars on Ebay ! For the last several years, Ebay and other coin markets have been flooded with counterfeit Liberty Seated and Trade Dollars. These coins...
How I Got Two Genuine 1877 Indian Head Cents for Eight Dollars (Or, Cherrypicking World Coins - Even If You Don't Collect Them) By Robertson W. Shinnick, World Numismatist (Note: I don't know how "helpful"...
Investing in American Silver Eagles (ASE) I started buying ASE when they first came out in 1986. I remember I bought them in green-top tubes with 20 ASE contained in each tube. At first I could get them at...
How many times have you walked past a penny on the ground or on the floor somewhere and not taken the ''penny worth of time'' to pick it up? Most people don’t bother. I’ll bet you would if you knew it could be...
Ever wonder why PCGS coins carry such a higher premium than their closest competitor NGC??? I worte a smaller article prior touching on this subject, but now I am going to go indepth, and try to touch on the...
1. What Are My Coins Worth?Because variations of this question are the most common numismatic queries on the Net, and they are not nearly as easy to answer as you might think, this entire section is devoted to...
Background I have been buying and selling Columbia Exposition tickets for more than three decades. My special area of interest has been the Souvenir Portrait Tickets, although my interest certainly extends...
Over the past 3 years I have been an avid collector and seller of love tokens and coin jewelry. I have found that love tokens are a mix of artwork, history, and personal value. Many people ask me how much are...
Collecting $1.00 casino tokens can be a rewarding and fun hobby for just about anyone that's interested in casino's, gambling, Vegas, or simply casino tokens in general. If you're already a coin collector...
If a california gold TOKEN/Coin has a bear on the back, it's probably a replica token, of negligible numismatic value. During the California gold rush (which began in earnest in 1849 and reached a peak in...