Go to the preview and look at the items. There's nothing more frustrating than to find out the coins were once glued into an album or whizzed or...
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I thought of doing this when silver/gold started to climb but I just didn't have enough disposable income. You gotta have about $50,000 cash on...
The window 2x2's were around in the 60's so it had to be before that. My guess would be the 50's.
Coin cabinets (as cpm9ball stated), cigar and cigarette boxes, milk and cream bottles, aspirin tins (the small flat kind that held something like...
Always nice to pluck silver out at face! WTG!
A friend of mine is a "rescuer" of coins headed for the refinery. He was hired to go through the coins brought in and can buy at a reasonable...
Certified or it ain't real.
Keep looking! Sometimes I go months without finding a single thing worth keeping.
We're losing our B+M's left and right. I think we're down to four now from about ten about 5 years ago. Gold and silver buyers are popping up all...
This is usually how it works. If you don't haggle, you pay the full price. They always want to have some wiggle room for negotiating.
The 5 is damaged post mint.
Probably acid. I have pennies that look like that.
Brick and mortar. A coin shop.:)
I posted a farthing a while ago. Not the same date but I'm happy with the condition: http://www.cointalk.com/t204130/
Thanks for the clarification!:thumb:
24,25,27 Congrats!!!
I'm not sure but it just looks like it took a hit. Is it incused or raised? Maybe the dealer is thinking it's some kind of "struck through" error.
It may have been the start of a love token. As it is, PMD.
could have been a dug coin and cleaned.
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