Is it thinner than other dimes? What is it's weight? If it is quite a bit less that 2.27 grams, it may be missing the nickel cladding. If not,...
Silver dimes weigh 2.50 grams and cupro-nikel ('65 to date) dimes weight 2.27 grams. Most vending machines sort by weight, diameter and magnetic...
Late '82 and later cents are the toxic ones due to the zinc. Once the copper cladding develops a pin hole, the zinc disolves into the water....
Many people collect Hobo Nickels and love charm coins. These could be considered PMD coins also.
Screen the sellers by looking at their feed back before you commit to a bid. Unfortunately, the best you can do about buyers is set a limit as to...
DSL and worse yet, dial-up will have slow response times. Another can be if you're going wireless and your signal strength is poor. If that's...
In Arizona, only 20% of silver has come from silver mines. The other 80% is a by-product of copper mining. Veins of silver also appear in other...
When they refer to "clean" it doesn't mean that it looks beautiful. It refers to not being combined with iron or other materials or metals....
I say "get over it". Beauty (and value) is in the eye of the beholder. If I want to list a 1983 cent thats been run over by the president's...
As far as what "people say" is concerned, I don't believe it. Some say the penny is dead. Others say we will be a cashless society. I pick up...
As a child, my dad let me hold 10 $1000 bills! I haven't seen anything above $100 in business transactions in 30 years.
For buying, I like the auctions that end during a weekday. I seem to have less competition. For selling, I agree with bahabully.
Those of you who spend silver and obsolete denomination coins at face value must have way too many coins and/or money. At best, you may initiate...
This is a good start. What needs to be done henceforth is to get the U.S. government to place a greater emphasis on enforcing the hobby act...
How many of us go around smelling coins? I've heard of a mental/medical disorder where people swallow coins, etc. I'd rather look at them. All...
The hair lines on Washington's bust are rather indistinct.
Where did you get this info? 4 layers? The mint sets from this era used Dupont MYLAR. The haze described occurs occasionally in mint and proof...
Leave it to congress to force something on us (or the mint) that will be seldom used. What should have been or should be done is to stop printing...
Found a 48 D cent in change today.
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