congrats
I'll be there selling lots of neat exonumia -- look me up at the Latter Investments table.
A somewhat rare set of old French medals -- one silver, one bronze : [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Unfortunately, my first collection as a kid -- a complete set of Lincoln cents in the Whitman folder #2 -- "disappeared" at some point in the move...
I set up at about 50 shows every year -- mostly in the Detroit area, and I keep my show schedule page updated with just about any decent coin show...
Compare your 1940 to this 1940 : [IMG]
To get you started, you could try this online retail price guide for the U.S. coins : http://www.numismedia.com/fmv/fmv.shtml
Sounds like you're prretty well on top of things. You're right -- $5 per ounce over spot is too much -- you can do better elswhere. As for 1oz...
12/4/09 greysheet lists generic 65's at $120/$130 and 66's at $225/$245
Can't tell for sure from the picture of the dime, but assuming FINE grade .... If that's a D mintmark, greysheet bid is $48 If that's an O...
To my knowledge, there are 2 ways to tell the difference between a 1916 and a 1917 Ty.1 SLQ : 1) On a 1916, Liberty's head goes right into the...
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