Hi Chris, (or anyone) Can you tell me about the 1971-S Silver Proof Ike FS-901 Type one reverse. I can only find information for mint state coins. Are all of the 1971-S Proofs this variety? The CACG pops show all of the deep cams as this type. …
Thanks again Mike for your kind words on the Indian. I could not afford the coins you and Jay were offering back in the day. Of course now they are multiples in price.
Ditto to FFL. I appreciate dealers like Doug and Laura who find the cool coi…
Hi Orville, Please keep sharing your cool coins from the early slab days. My first auction was the Harry Warshaw Collection at Sotheby's in March 1989. They had a run of Proof coins from 1856 to 1942. All of the coins were raw. Thought I was go…
Hi Mike,
Thank you for your top ten list! And descriptions. Almost like seeing the coins in person. Totallyoriginal, I stretched and purchased the 1909 $10 from Doug. A real beauty that will stay in the OGH.
HI Mike,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences. I had the pleasure of being introduced by Doug Winter to Jay Parrino at the 1996 Denver ANA. He showed me all of the incredible finest known large cents and anything else that I cared…
I made the mistake of regrading this coin a couple of years ago hoping for a plus. No plus and terrible photo. Also had to send back to CAC. The 10 year old Heritage photos are better but not great.
I like your plan oldabe. The new Kagin/McCarthy book
"America's Golden Age: Private and Pioneer Gold Coins of the United States 1786-1862" is a nice coffee table book. Ample history about all of the private mints and enough rarity information to …
I was very fortunate to meet Jerry Cohen (Kreisberg/Cohen and Quality Sales) in the late 1980's.
He was a true gentleman and very generous with his time and expertise in numismatics. He told me that "good things come to those who wait." I have tri…
You should be giving Bidask the same treatment. I just agreed with him. For the record I purchased a pioneer/private gold dollar for CAC retail in the past few months. I feel these coins are larger than life!
I do not bid on small coins. So I don…
I agree with all of the above comments. Rarely traded coins and/or high rarity coins are the most difficult to price. I have a handful of coins that were purchased in the late 1990's and are pop one at PCGS or CAC or at both. The price guides are…