Just another US Mint mystery. They dropped prices for other Silver products, but not the 2012 Silver Proof set. Another odd thing was that the...
Kruptimes posted a link to the Coin World article in Post #532...and he posted again just above (quoting himself...how vain!). Basically, the...
I sure hope BadThad sends me out a free bottle for all the advertising I'm doing!! :D
Me, too...and it isn't even my thread! :bow:
I found the coin and took some pics...I guess my memory overgrades a bit...I didn't recall all that surface damage! :eek: Too bad I don't have a...
EDIT: Sorry, wrong thread!
In the case of my coin, I didn't feel I had any other choice; I was afraid the verdigris would destroy the it. The coin now has a pleasant...
They're worth quite a bit less than when they were made...spend 'em quick!!
Are Sam's coins rare...or fairly common?
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Yep...Geo. Washington was still alive when the coin was struck...he may have held it himself!!
I've read a variety of articles on the subject...none that I can reference at the moment, though. It seems logical that as the Mint was preparing...
LOL! ...I confused myself (I posted the 1965 twice :o)
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I got mine! (you mean you don't have yours? :rolleyes:)
Where's Marshall when we need him?
There were also some 1964 SMS sets...possibly given as presentation sets by the Mint Director (Eva Adams). I've read that there may be as many as...
Coin sniffer...interesting.
It's really hard to tell since most of the diagnostic details have been obliterated. However, I tend to think it's not a 1799. There were only...
I have a nice (XF-40) 1804 Plain 4 w/Stems that developed a nasty case of verdigris on the Obverse. I used BadThad's Verdi-Care™ on the coin and...
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