To create a false market
Yep… It was a ploy by the US mint to get folks to start looking at their pocket change and maybe get some new coin collectors interested in the...
Now that is a new one. Usually guys are trying to figure out how to break IN to those clamshells.
We did have a CT member that did an unplanned experiment several years ago. He had put his proof set and forgot about it for several weeks left in...
That’s the way I am too. If I study a questionable coin too long I make the wrong decision every time….. Just like this Peace dollar. My first...
Yep…. Acrylic entombed coins. I have a 1954 mint set entombed in a cube like that. I don’t know why folks did that back in the day….. Do not try...
Do what I did…. Go to a truck stop bathroom and pull yourself 12”-18” of the John Wayne stuff and stick it in your pocket….. They put lotions and...
You will not find a more generous soul than @lordmarcovan….. I only can hope that when I grow up that I possess half the generosity and giving...
I was a rock musician in those days. Made an honest run at it the entire decade of the 80’s….. And I have to ask….. I did one Dead concert on...
I think you are pretty accurate with your grading assessment. Usually folks will overgrade at first. It’s normal to feel especially partial toward...
Check your junk mail. When I registered my company email wouldn’t let the confirmation email come through. I had to set up a Gmail address….. For...
@Kentucky is dead on the mark… I didn’t believe it either and had to experiment myself. You absolutely can distinguish silver from other coin...
Just for giggles, I thought this visual may be helpful. In each row, the two coins far left are uncirculated clad quarters. Third coin from the...
Hot dang!! I am coming to visit... We are cousins, right??:D
I don't believe you can harm a coin with an extended acetone bath.... What will cause you a problem is evaporation. That acetone will evaporate...
Wow... That is surprisingly attractive to me too.
I am like you and have a number of the cello packs from the 1950's..... It begs the question though.... I wonder what the expected lifespan is of...
I was thinking the very same thing. In before the lock!
I think you have an old coin collector in your neighborhood. Maybe even a CT member that enjoys the thrill others experience when finding a cool...
Well... Some coins tend to hold more value when they are left in the original government packaging. The only reason I might separate them...
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