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Saint Gaudens Books? — Collectors Universe I was wondering if anyone had any good books to suggest on Saint Gaudens in particular My main interest is in the Double Eagle series but anything would be interesting Also any good books on Pre-1933 gold are always appreciated Currently I have: A Handbook of 20th Century United States Gold Coins - 2nd Edition by David Akers Encyclopedia of US Gold Coins 1795-1933 - 2nd Edition by Jeff
1883 LIberty nickel Cents vs. No Cents Values and why Coin collecting (or hoarding) was more common at the time than most collectors would suspect since all we really hear about these days are the well known and wealthy collectors of the gilded age
Fairmont Collection of Liberty Double Eagles - Page 3 This type of information was provided in great detail for the Gilded Age collection of mint state double eagles sold by Stack’s-Bowers several years ago Does anyone have any information on the Fairmont Collection that can be shared?
The U1chicago Chicago token collection — Collectors Universe Given my username, it would follow that I would be attracted to tokens related to Chicago So here I present the small subset of my collection now known by the super creative moniker of "U1chicago Chicago token collection" The mainstay and the one that started it all is the C D Peacock
Mexico 1732 milled 8 reales simply AMAZING provenance Stacks Bowers . . . MEXICO 8 Reales, 1732-Mo F Mexico City Mint Philip V PCGS Genuine--Harshly Cleaned, AU Details Lot Description MEXICO 8 Reales, 1732-Mo F Mexico City Mint Philip V PCGS Genuine--Harshly Cleaned, AU Details KM-103; Cal-1437; Yonaka-M8-32A (this coin illustrated) Variety with three upper bands on right pillar Struck in the inaugural year of milled coinage in Mexico, this RARE Pillar
Help with German grading standards — Collectors Universe I recently bought the standard reference work 'Die Deutschen Munzen seit 1871' by Jaeger My reading comprehension with respect to colloquial and business German is pretty good But, wow, I really needed my dictionary's help for a technical field such as numismatic grading In carefully re-reading the grading standards in the book, am I correct in concluding that Stufe 1 (polierte Platte) means
The true origin of the racketeer nickel. . . or is it? using gilded nickels for fraudulent purposes in 1883-85 that the Tatum story would certainly have circulated in the popular press if it had been at all widely known LeRoy Burnette, "Comments on Coins," Lima News (Lima, Ohio), June 24, 1961, p 31, contains a lengthy discussion of the "racketeer's nickel" (a term that was already in
Chrome vs. Regular market value — Collectors Universe Let me start by saying that I know next to nothing regarding modern sports cards (post 1990 for me) However, I do have a growing collection of some of each of the sports all time greats' rookie cards, including moderns like Brady, Trout, Lebron etc I recently purchased a 2000 Bowman Chrome Brady PSA 10 The current market suggests the Chrome sells for about 75% more than the non chrome