Sweet Sweet. Congrats Wally. My lunch hour was similar today. I went to literally 12 different banks (fun of being in a big city) and not a...
Treashunt, Thanks for the reply, but I am well aware of the pitfalls and snares of purchasing coins. Gold is a new area for me, so I'm looking...
1964, 1968 Kennedy. Nothing stellar, but not bad for only $100 in half dollars
I'm looking at an auction and was wondering what might constitute a reasonable bid on the following lot of $20 gold coins (7 total). The suggested...
I know this is not entirely coin related, but can someone tell me the importance/fascination with the ratio? Currently, its 55:1 and I know gold...
$1 1981 C 89044334 A Received this in change at the same place as the 1988A $5. Someone must have found money in Grandma's old purse.
Definitely machined. Mostly likely one half of a magicians two headed/tailed coin or a novelty coin where half a cent is married to half a dime...
Pretty much. I have a 1993 proof that looks more like an orange peel in texture than a proper coin.
Yes, but then you take the incused coin and hammer or squeeze that one resulting in a proper relief. Definitely a squeeze job.
Time to bring this thread back to the front page :) I broke a 20$ today for a bagel and received 3 $5s as part of my change. 2003A - nothing...
I had the same reaction when I opened my proof set. I thought at first I had a neat error, but when I opened my second set, I couldn't help ask...
Definitely fakes. I could get all the same coins in China town NYC for less than $3.00 on a bad day, $1 if I haggle.
1971 D Kennedy's are the most common of the series with 302,097,424 minted, but as Cloudsweeper said, if its sparked your interest in the hobby,...
Now there will be a number of folks that say (or scream) "Ahhhh...you cleaned it!", but given the amount of green death on the coin to start, I'd...
I am by far no expert on older US coins, but here's my take. After 207 years, its hard to tell what's "natural" wear and what's not, at least...
Been almost a year since I last search through some halfs, but so far so good. 6 rolls searched, 12 more to go. Finds so far: 1 - 1966...
Rhodium would have been a sweet buy in 2003 at $250 - $300 per oz. I almost bought 10oz b/c I wanted a bar of something more valuable than...
I find searching half dollar rolls to be very "worth it". For the most part, I don't find much silver, but every once and awhile, I'll hit into a...
Hello all.... Wrong planchet errors pop up in all kinds of weird ways. Can't recall who, but last year a coin talk member found a wheatie...
Thanks Mike.
Separate names with a comma.
