The P mint is a keeper in nice high end XF with a trace of luster. It's only worth about a buck right now if that but these are getting tough in...
The mint melted all unsold remaining coins in early 1981 IMS. Millions were destroyed.
I believe it was in June of 1976 that the mint reinterpreted the authorizing law for the 40% bicentennial coins. They had interpreted it to mean...
They made two different '76-S 40% BU coins. One was made on numismatic presses and is very attractive and the other was made at high speed on...
The new pictures makes it look like a sure thing MS-65. Catch 'em on a bad day it might come back 64 but 66 is probably out. That great luster...
Usually I'll have a guess from a picture but this one is tougher. It's not a bad picture but the coin doesn't photo well. I'd guess it's only...
I'd send it in but I still make a lot of mistakes. Even those 3-pc SBA sets wholesale a lot higher than $4 now days. Oddly enough I've looked at...
The bottom picture here shows flat fields. This is not typical for '68 dimes.
I don't think that's wear. It looks more like hazing. Wear always starts from the top down and the area that looks worn doesn't correspond to...
I believe that's mint set hazing.
OH, yeah. I was sure it was at least 2/3rds bands. It looks like it's at least 9/ 10ths but I still can't see the bands at the right or the...
It's just normal attrition. they get sucked out of couch cushions by vacuums and end up in the garbage stream. They get burned up in house fires...
Online pricing and bidding tends to be much higher on world coins recently. An old $5 coin priced at $20 in Krause tends to bring $4 over the...
It's hard to tell from the picture but I think your coin does have some PL attributes. Experience tells me it won't be enough to grade PL but I...
About 60% of the '78 dimes made for circulation are gone now and the survivors are in F to VF+. A few nice XF's can still be found with a lot of...
I believe the '78 dime is one of the better dates. It had a high mintage so almost none were saved. Most were poorly made and ugly anyway. In...
You can almost cross a dealer off your list for all time once you search their stock. Most change very slowly. Cherry picking foreign dealers...
To be FB at PCGS the split between the lower bands must be visible all the way across. It's hard to be certain from your picture but it appears...
In the old days there would be many nice examples of old coin in circulation for many many years unless collectors were saving them. In 1962 it...
The 1970 mint set is one of the worst for tarnishing. It is probably for the best to remove the coins and soak them in 91% isopropyl or acetone....
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