Nice die breaks! (speared washingtons?!) I'm not familiar with the design- what error should I be looking for on the reverse in your second image?
He obviously meant Roosevelt Dimes.
I too save all the pre-1982 cents I go through, only that since I'm going through $100+ of cents every week to look for varieties, wheats, etc I...
I always look at www.coinflation.com for up to date values; it currently lists melt value of a 1964 half as $4.90 (i.e. 9.8 times face value). Of...
Just found a 1994 Lincoln DDR - the one with the extra pillars on the back - in a bag of cents.
Thanks all for the responses- now if only I can convince my wife that we should go back to that point in the game and award me the yellow piece of...
No, I can't :) Since any acid you'd need to dissolve copper would also dissolve zinc (and more vigorously than copper since it's more easily...
Hi All, In the course of playing Trivial Pursuit last night the following question came up: "Who was the first female native american to be...
Went through about $1600 in halves today, nothing too remarkable except for two 40% silver 1976-S halves- my first ones!
There are people who are collecting every pre-1982 cent they can get (e.g. http://realcent.forumco.com/), and maybe these are some of theirs that...
Reminds me of a bank I once went to where I called and was told that they have $250 in halves but when I got there, was told they were for...
Thanks for shedding some light- it seems more plausable now.
I've read a bit about what different people here consider to be there minimum criteria for grading (value around $50-$100 minimum, or sentimental...
Glad to hear you had such good results! I have been through about $32,000 in halves this year and I can say that it really makes a difference...
I think it depends on the machine that's counting them, but typically what I've run across both in Iowa and Maine for bag values are: $50.00 in...
It's not that unusual- I have had banks order boxes for me 3 at a time and wound up with _no_ silver of any kind... pretty disappointing but not...
I don't really understand people's objections to "bid sniping"- if someone else "snipes" and wins an auction that I'm bidding on it's because...
Is it just me or does there appear to be some doubling on the dates, especially looking at the zero?
That still sounds about right to me- I look through bags ($50 each face) and typically get around 25 or so.
As far as FS Errors go, do you typically get them graded too or just attributed? It seems like there's a price difference but I'm not sure if...
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