I am totally the same way with my coins. Everyone collects for their own reasons. Myself, I love them for the history and the stories they tell me...
I always wanted to believe the human race was good at its core. This article confirms it.
Dealers love to make new collectors feel welcome. It is in his best interest for you to keep collecting. Edit... Looks like his Washington...
Surprises me a bit for Apmex. I have done a fair amount of bullion business with those folks over the years. I would suspect that the TV hawksters...
Thanks, Paddy. Fixed it
Hey Mike.... Welcome to the wonderful world of coin collecting. Filling Whitman books is a fun and rewarding experience..... The more difficult to...
The surfaces are just so danged perfect. Heck I can almost make you out taking the photo in the mirrors. That really is stunningly sexy.
Sweet!!!
I see a Dansco quarter book in your future!
I am not an expert in this series but here is what I know. The coin has been scrubbed pretty rigorously. The other thing is that the US mint was...
I loved the man. He was so gentile. He was quite the jokester and I read once that he delighted in handing his business card to people late in his...
Yes you are getting your money’s worth. I often find very nice 1960’s era stuff. Never found a proof coin in a junk silver purchase. I tend to get...
Not to deviate too much off course.... Do the TPG’s encapsulate these huge pucks when they grade them?
I think these days many use on line dealers. I like having a relationship with my local dealer. We have become good friends over the years and as...
I have the same problem. I have a complete Dansco made for the grandkids with P, D and proof of each President. I can’t have an empty hole in the...
The distant and out of focus pictures tell me the seller is trying to hide something. I can’t make it out well enough to render any sort of...
I think @Inspector43 said it best. Well struck coin that is sweet as a newborn baby.
I love opening my 1977 Redbook from time to time and doing exactly what you are doing. I marvel at the values of the error coins that the Redbook...
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