The other side of your argument is: *duh*...they were minted to be used in everyday transactions; that is their purpose. If it was to...
Thanks for taking the time to fill in the rest of your story. It sounds like you have been quite generous with your extra inventory, and if the...
....demonstrates indifference to the future...
I totally disagree with selling the copper pennies for melt weight. They legitimately qualify as historical artifacts; if not for us, then...
Re: "zincolns" You could also say: "zlincolns", or "zinkers", rhymes with stinkers. When I find them while metal detecting, a lot of them are so...
If it's a 1794 penny, shouldn't it display the Liberty Cap on the obverse?
To separate the coppers from the zinkers, just leave them out on your back porch railing. See which ones start to bubble up, like Alka-Seltzers.
The same can be said for the Eisenhower Dollar. The design, especially President Eisenhower's bust in profile, to be charitable is not rendered in...
Wonderful example of a mint flyin' by the seat of their pants, or another way: TLAR...."that looks about right"!
Does it decrease their value, after you try to clean them up with a sharp hatchet?
And you've also got your Dark Brown Blob; absolutely featureless, with a hole drilled through it, near the rim! You know it's an old coin, but it...
It's like those ordinary (not silver) dimes that you dig up, that are bent, warped and otherwise grotesquely disfigured,in addition to being...
Your civics teacher is rolling in his/her grave,sir!
Owl: symbol closely associated with goddess Pallas Athena, as well as my mom, who was also crazy about owls.
It sort of looks it has a flat (not matte) brown-anodized finish; recently manufactured, almost. You don't usually see such an old metallic object...
Oscar, If you find a dollar bill whose portrait features Washington without his famous wooden false teeth, or one wearing his famous coonskin cap;...
We come onto this site to discuss coins; not to raise a fuss about well-meaning newcomer's shortcomings. Bienvenidos, Oscar.
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