The Barber designs were weak. But the Mercury dime, Buffalo nickel, SLQ, Walker half are among the best of the American coins.
Made more than my gas, and I didn't dig a lot of zinc penny signals, but it's brutal out there.[ATTACH]
Yes but some of those years the majority of coins were dumped in the river. I don't think they were recovered. I think the 39 and the 44 are the...
Nickels always have weighed 5.0 grams with 25% nickel and 75% copper. As Paddy mentioned there is a range of tolerance that is acceptable. The...
It would have to be in better condition, MS 67 MS 68. I have plenty of cents that are in better condition than those photos and they aren't worth...
That's a tasty one. The only proofs I have found, have been in a Coin Star, and coin roll hunting quarters.
1959 is the right date. There are some others (58?). But if is darker than normal it very well could be a black beauty. (Improperly annealed.)
If you have a VERY bright light and an eye loupe (or a microscope) sometimes you can see a faint date better than the naked eye and room light. As...
Only worth 5 cents if you hand pay it or deposit to a bank. A self serve machine will reject it.
To be struck on a foreign planchet the coin has to be smaller. (Foreign coins are not the same size/weight/metal content as US coins, except...
I only have found 3 Bessie Colemans so far and looking for a better example for my book. And I knew the new one had to already be out.
I think that 6 looks better than the 12. Are there detailed grades for notes? Because while the 1914 $20 note is awesome, I would give it a...
3 dimes in the slot. I didn't look I just scooped it and put it in my watch pocket and figured it was 2 or 3 destroyed brownies. I forgot about...
I don't sell on Ebay. But this was a heart breaker. 86 notes before this one was 12345678. GF says, and the person who gets it probably won't even...
I can't find the thread with the "Almost Fancy" serial numbers. The search box here is not the best. I thought this one was really close to being...
31 cents in the slot. The penny may or may not spend but the other 30 cents are good. There is a bizarre story that is attached to this, but only...
I use the low rent Bounty Hunter. The first incarnation was very heavy and after many years the "box" got fried. The second incarnation was much...
Small silver ring. You can see the 925 stamp at the inside top. If it doesn't look like silver it's just the lighting. I can't find a place to...
Some plusses and minuses with this one. GF got me 3 rolls. I kept an El Yunque. I had 13 shots at a W and only one of them had some kind of...
Black beauty worth more than a greaser.
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