I was reading through a book called "The Illustrated History of the United States Mint". Included in the text are total coinage values for the...
I have an ungodly fascination with mintmarks, so I have been looking over some Philippines coins that were minted in the US and thus have US...
I have recently started a collection of Peace Dollars. Much to my great enjoyment, they are just loaded with varieties. I got one yesterday that...
The sans serif "S" mintmark was used on cents, nickels, and dimes in the mid-forties. Does anyone know if it was used on quarters of half...
I came across an XF 1954 Lincoln cent with an odd pattern of, for lack of a better term, flow lines. Below are some pictures. It is most...
Found this 1954D Roosevelt in the bullion bin. It has what appears to be part of a dropped letter. My bet is that the dropped letter is actually...
When I saw the mintmark in the pictures below, I thought I had hit the 1953 D/D/D/S quarter. But now that I've had it under the microscope, I am...
I got the quarter below today and am pretty sure it is a DDO but I can't attribute it. Thought I would put it out to see if anyone has insights....
I came across a reference suggesting that there were two different obverse master hubs used for '51 and '52 quarters. The reference described...
I prefer to store my dimes in 2X2s as shown below. I have a question about the two-hole 2X2s. Does anyone know if there are any sources that...
I picked up this 1942-D Mercury Dime with a RPM and am having a hard time attributing it. The pictures below show several potentially good...
Does anyone have a picture of one of the earlier date quarters with a type D reverse ('77-'79 maybe). I have no problem IDing the later ones...
Does anyone have any idea whether Dr. Wiles' Kennedy attribution book is slated for re-issue? I would love to get one, but can't justify north of...
I was going through silver bullion at the local B&M and came across a 1929d Mercury dime that appears to have the mintmark from 1917 and before....
I have noticed a lot of coin pictures have an overall yellow wash. I have tried taking pictures through a microscope and get the same effect....
Yesterday at a local auction I purchased a PCGS slabbed 1964D Kennedy Half. The reason I bought this particualr coin is that it has a RPM,...
I have seen some mention of 1973 quarters with a 1972 reverse and 1974 quarters with '72 or '73 reverses. I think I could tell a '72 reverse, but...
OK. I'm just going to jump right in. I'm new, so be kind. I have been studying Dr. Wile's Washington quarter book intensively and have a couple...
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