A sure test to tell zinc cents from copper cents is to weigh them. Small and accurate scales are available for less than $10.00. Zinc weigh 2.5...
I hardily agree.....books and look at tons and tons of coins. You can even check out your local coin club, if there is one. And you know what?...
If the entire world make coins illegal, there would still be coin collectors. Maybe even more so than now. I use tons of postage from the 1930's...
It may fizzle for a while but it will never die.
Only about 5-10% of the grade concerns the reverse. They barely look at it.
I look at it just the opposite. If I can buy gold and sell it for a profit, I make money. I don't make it buying at 15% over spot. I make the...
64. Back in the day, a 63.
"Red": is kind of a misnomer in my opinion. "Orange" is more like what a red cent looks like to me.
There is nothing more pleasant than filling an oversized bathtub with gold sovereigns and lolling about.......
Put some MS 70 to it and that wear will jump out at you plain as day. I see an XF/AU coin.
In New Zealand a Halfie is a person of mixed Maori and Caucasian blood.
Yes, soft plastic flips are certainly not a safe way to store one's coins. I handle and move my coins quite often and am in a different scenario...
That explains where they are coming from then. Biblical Archeology Today, perhaps.
63 but maybe 64 for the color. Beautiful obverse.
I run across these about twice a year. Wonder who makes them.
OH, one more thing. The non-PVC holders crack very easy and one can loose the coin , drop it and possible damage it.
I use plastic for any coins or currency that I am going to move around, such as taking to shows or passing around at coin club. Under most...
A "fantasy" piece.
62
I understand what you saying but I don't use pressure on the surface. MS70 is more like a soap but it DOES affect tone. It doesn't so much remove...
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