Some coin dealers have a habit of saying that everything brought into their shop is just "melt".
Wow, I've never had such luck at flea markets. I don't know if I ever bought anything numismatic at a flea market that was worth even 1.5 times...
How would this coin rate on the prooflike scale?
Not only that, but how would they back the trillions of dollars in circulation with the relatively small amount of gold and silver in government...
It looks like you have a 1789 Duit from the Dutch East Indies Company. I don't know offhand if that is a special date, but duits in general are...
OK, so the '83 and '84 go into my fake coin collection, whilst the '85 is probably genuine, even though the reverse is out of line with the...
In 1968, the silver in the pre-1965 dimes and quarters was worth slightly more than face value, but it was becoming increasing rare to come across...
Perhaps, but she got it all over her dress!
On the 1985 coin with the misaligned die, there does not appear to be anything wrong with the edge inscription-- it is in semi-italic font,...
I've got a couple of Walking Liberty halves with nail polish on them. I wonder what the purpose of that was?
It would also be a good way to lose a lot of money in a big hurry.
I remember having a particularly unlucky day a few years back when I was carrying an 1881-S Morgan in my pocket, so there might be something to...
What country in the world today uses silver and gold currency? None that I can think of, except for, perhaps, South Africa, which at one time was...
OK, I found several pound coins out of a lot of 100 that looked like they deserved a closer look, then looked at the Royal Mint site that was...
It's not really that easy to double silver production, since there aren't that many working silver mines any more and new silver is mostly a...
Sentimental feelings aside, you should also take into consideration that numismatic coins take a long time to make a return on your investment--...
Some people in the '70s were predicting oil shortages in the '90s, but the some of the predictions I read had their sights on 2050. Petroleum is a...
I sold a silver dollar my grandfather gave me, and a F+ 1840 Seated Liberty dime my grandmother gave me, many years ago-- and I have been...
That's quite a chunk of change for a measly gram, which is only 66% as much gold as what a Mexican 2 peso coin or US $1 gold contains. At 31.1...
Click this link and scroll down to page 4 for information on US-made foreign coins...
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