I know. I have a full set of MS66 war cents and didn’t pay over 35 bucks for any of them. And I would wager that 90% of us couldn’t see the...
Perusing the Great Collections email and admiring all the eye candy and it strikes me…. An MS68 war cent… One of the most common coins out there...
Yes. The saltwater will etch the surface of silver over the years. Some, like @edteach coin survive surprisingly well, but the coin will be damaged.
I would be a buyer at $310.00
The Promised Land!! Thanks, Mike!
I was within a hairs breath of buying one of those about this time last year. I ran into it entirely by accident. I was searching a particular...
It is an on-line auction house located in my state. I can gather by the descriptions they offer that they aren't seasoned numismatists, but they...
A few months back I was turned on to a local auction house that periodically does auctions for property, farm equipment and coins. The coin...
I am all for hunting oddities on our coins. Just let me say this.... Billions and billions of coins are struck and released into circulation every...
Dang! Coin collecting is supposed to be fun. Not dangerous!! Glad you are OK.
I keep them. But they aren’t worth anymore than face value really.
I think that more often than not grandma will pass and the change she had saved in her nightstand finds its way to the bank. That sort of thing…....
I am good friends with my banker and some years back I asked her if she received unusual change at the window. She told me they received odd...
I fear that a lot of what we consider common sense is lost on the internet generation. Hard to acquire common sense unless you are out getting...
Whoa!!! That teller goes on the Christmas card list! Great haul.
Yeah... Safer than my bedroom though....
I always look for the rims to ID a proof. The rims of a proof coins are very, very square. I too don't think that nickel is cleaned. I do believe...
Sure hope you are keeping these fine pieces in a safe deposit box. That's sweet!
I been a collector for a whole lot of years.... But this is a craziness that I just don't get either. I fall out of my chair when I see high grade...
Your mom sounds like me.... There was a point some years back that the kids in my church were collecting pull tabs. I don't remember what for, but...
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