When I have an extended vacation, I often go back to my hometown in the States. The tellers at my hometown bank don't go through large deposits of...
I'm in the Tokyo Metro Area. :i-wave-hi:
The figure was no doubt in the multiple millions. But considering that mintages for 1964-dated silver coins alone totaled billions, and that the...
Are there really that many coins being melted? For example, during the '79-'80 silver craze, there was talk of tons of US and other silver coins...
Significant damage is right-- 4 holes in each one, and they look bent as well. Ouch! It's a pity, since they would have been high grade otherwise.
:old-guy-smile: Whoops-- You wrote "where they were the only numismatic items" and my eyes translated that as "where there were only...
It does seem to be too underweight to be a real coin
I will agree that that is still a lot of vending machines! In my neighborhood, there are at least 6 outside drink machines within a 2-minute walk...
That couldn't possibly be correct, as that would mean there would be more than 3 BILLION vending machines in this country (Japan). No way, not...
I will have to check my pound coins for fakes now. LOL. I have a fake 2-franc coin from Switzerland (obvious cast copy with no edge reeding), a...
And even though the dealer was working a stall in the UK dedicated to numismatic items, the notes were still being sold at 1/35 the normal UK...
A few years ago, I bought a group of XF-AU Liberty 10's from one of the CW advertisers, and a couple of weeks later bought a group of "Select BU"...
You can't order proof circulating coins (1c - 50c) individually from the Mint-- they come in sets. If you want individual proof coins, you will...
The problem with buying numismatic stuff in Hong Kong, especially at flea markets, is that there is a LOT of fake material floating around there....
Agree about the Peace dollar and Franklin halves. But the '21 dollar is in the most wretched condition I've ever seen for a Morgan, short of...
It sounds to me like that policy borders on illegal, especially if there are no warning signs posted about it. Even if it is legal shortchanging,...
Barber dimes-- common dates, low grades, maybe $2.25- $2.50 each, retail Mercury dime-- Hard to tell if it has any wear. With wear (AU)-- Maybe...
It's mostly a "luck thing", I would say. I've found at least 4 major errors in the last 2 years, after looking through thousands and thousands of...
The Mint struck coins for Panama on exactly the same corresponding US planchets, so the 1969 Panamanian equivalent of the dime was also...
I said 63, based on the PCGS 63 Peace dollars in my own collection. While the cheek appears to be nice and clean, the neck area seems to have some...
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