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    four generations ahead - Will 'clad' be the 'silver and gold' of our day?

    Silver got too valuable to be used in coins so they had to come up with an alternative with cheaper metals. The clad composition was developed...
    Post by: n9jig, Feb 19, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    US Coins with C Mint Mark (For China)

    There is already precedent for this: Canada is one of the largest (if not the largest) producers of foreign (to Canada) coins in the world. The...
    Post by: n9jig, Feb 12, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Judge upholds government's claim to $80M in rare gold coins

    The real morale of the story is that you never bring stolen property to the place it was stolen from to make sure it is real. Imagine someone...
    Post by: n9jig, Sep 9, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    how easy is it to find Bicentennial quarters in circulation

    Since this thread I seem to have found more Bicentenial Quarters than any time in the last 10 or 20 years. I found 4 in the last week, 2 in the...
    Post by: n9jig, Sep 4, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    how easy is it to find Bicentennial quarters in circulation

    When the Bicentennial's came out in 75 they were kind of cool since there really was no similar thing in recent memory then. A lot of people...
    Post by: n9jig, Aug 22, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Dansco dilemma with Kennedy Halves

    I have had good luck finding broken out proofs at local coin stores as hole fillers, this keeps MY proof sets intact and keeps my books filled.
    Post by: n9jig, Jun 30, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    The Decline of US Coinage Design

    There is a difference between dead presidents and live royalty on coins. While the original intent of monarchs on coins was to demonstrate the...
    Post by: n9jig, May 23, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    The Decline of US Coinage Design

    All well and good, designs these days are certianly uninspired at best but the article has a couple flaws. First, 1964 may well have been a...
    Post by: n9jig, May 22, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    The Silver Dollar

    I always assumed that most silver dollars were actually intended as value stores to back paper currency (Silver Certificates) and once they were...
    Post by: n9jig, Apr 26, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Bronze 1969 S lincoln Proof?

    I have received many 60's Lincoln cents with bright coloring, even recently. Just this week I got a 64-D and a 69-d that looked like they were...
    Post by: n9jig, Apr 16, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1844 Counterfeit Cent

    GDJMSP is right, most people would not know by first appearance. One would hope that anyone looking for one would look for the details, but most...
    Post by: n9jig, Apr 1, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1844 Counterfeit Cent

    The stars are totally different as is the inside of the rim.
    Post by: n9jig, Apr 1, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Kennedy Half Dollar 50th Anniversary?

    You are absolutely right, they have been and always will be legal tender and I am not advocating they be recalled or demonetized. I just think...
    Post by: n9jig, Mar 12, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Kennedy Half Dollar 50th Anniversary?

    No, they were used as coins when minted. Kennedy halves are not and do not fulfill a useful slot in our selection of coinage. While they retain...
    Post by: n9jig, Mar 12, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    Kennedy Half Dollar 50th Anniversary?

    The best thing they can do to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Half is retire it and the half dollar denomination altogether. Once...
    Post by: n9jig, Mar 11, 2012 in forum: US Coins Forum