Red Book of Patterns
Ummm, no.
To my eyes, that coin is by no means ugly; just well worn from commerce and enjoying a well-deserved retirement in your collection!
How awful!
And let me say, a beautiful example of a 1927; for whatever reason, this particular date (all mints) seems to be particularly worn or grimy.
MS-64
Even with a coin shortage?
Personally, I've become somewhat obsessed with low denomination foreign coin sets (e.g. British farthings/half-pennies/pennies, Swedish 1/2/5 ore,...
MS-65
Agreed with @serafino on the Cuban coin situation on Ebay. I even confirmed with a customer service rep that pre-1915 coinage is not covered by...
$1.49
MS-63+
My advice: just buy a few blank half-dollar and dollar sized pages and print some labels for each slot.
On occasion, I've used Tradera and Ricardo for Swedish and Swiss items respectively; platforms are less sophisticated than Ebay, but sometimes the...
Hi! So you've got some keepers in there (1893 Half Crown, 1897 Ruble), as well as a bunch of random junk coins. Be sure to go through the whole...
Umm, how did the dime get in there? An unscrupulous seller placed it there to cover up a junk roll of common date cents. Don't even bother.
The "S" mint coins are semi-keys, worth a few bucks each.
Congrats on the AP Enviro score! When I was in high school, that was actually the senior science class for anyone who didn't want to take AP...
The US gold dollar, yes, I would submit for grading and authentication.
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