The confusion between "cleaning" and "restoring" a coin is often confused. Cleaning generally implies something harsh which may damage the the...
A photo of the coin is not showing up and a photo of both front and back is needed to make a determination on whether or not the coin is an error....
Not a plnachet error nor a "plating" error (Kennedy Half's have never been plated by the US Mint). What you have here appears to be Post Minting...
Yes except for a few elite collectors. Anybody collect political buttons? Bottle Caps? Match Books? Stamps?
The "Nixon" and the "Prototype" are two complete;y different coins with the Nixon being a 1971-S Proof coin with a Type 1 Reverse (production...
Those marks, whatever they might be, are quite common on the 1964 Kennedy Halves that I own (Both P and D). More than half of them have the marks....
Not necessarily....
Nope. I used to but then recognized the fact that this simply wasn't anything special, they took up space, and lost value. If folks want to...
Yet, if the US Mint release a Silver Eagle with a published mintage limit of 50,000 pieces, it would have sold out in 10 minutes. If the Ronald...
"Do I have anything worth keeping?" I am constantly asking myself that very same question.
I own S-o-o-o-o many US Mint Losers that were popular for a time that its actually embarrassing! Franklin Coin & Chronicles, Lewis and Clark, and...
Threads with ProofArtonCircs https://www.cointalk.com/search/2526494/ I forgot to mention that, back in the day before the FOIA, it was possible...
On Tuesday, Oct 3, 2016, Herbert P. Hicks passed away 2 days after the passing of his wife of 60 years, Marion. For those who do not know Herb,...
Wo Woo Hoo! That's quite an amazing find! Congrats!!
Agree. Unfortunately, these people know just enough to not really understand. Perhaps they are "new" to such discussions and now have figured out...
Me Too!
Wow! Congrats!
While this "Edge Lettering thing" does produce a different "Type Coin" for the Silver Eagles, one has to wonder "WHY?" I'd have thought that...
I tried this back in 2007 - 2008 with the Presidential Dollars. It ain't easy as your camera has to be perfectly square to the reflector and the...
2013 had the Enhanced Uncirculated as well. But, still not a good investment. Collectible yes, investment NO.
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