When attributing RPMs remember - S-L-O-M - (spread - location -orientation- markers). Spread - is the secondary mint mark (north, south, east,...
I don't use cotton gloves. You have to keep them clean. I use disposable food handlers gloves. The kind like the folks use at Subway when they...
Don't need makers for this one - look at the location of the Mint Mark in relation to the 5 in the date.
It appears to be RPM-002. Nice find.
There are several organizations and individuals who maintain generally accepted catalogs on coin varieties. The coin pictured in this post The...
smullen wrote: "How do they prove what you bought it for??? For example, one of the shops I buy from only takes cash and doesn't give...
I have a different take than most about coin collecting being a good investment. Coin collecting being a hobby and therefore a form of...
My thoughts are - if it were struck through a rag - the wrinkles left in the coin would be incused into the design as it would produce the effect...
I am looking at 2 wheat cents. Both are attributed as 1955-D WRPM-029. I turn the coins over to study the reverse and guess what - their reverse...
In most states - generally businesses are not breaking any laws by charging sales tax on items classified as exempt but it is illegal to charge...
The mint produces first strikes year round - being they are actually the first coins struck by a die.
Money sold to foreign banks is based on the exchange rate (trading value of the dollar) of the foreign currency received. Delivery costs may be...
It doesn't matter what the Fed pays or the Treasury charges for coinage or paper money since both are branches of the Federal Government. When you...
A million dollars in collectable coins - based on Red Book value, really on any published value - give me the cash - I'm assured it is truly...
Nice price comparison but being that you have compared prices from 3 different dealers using unlike coins - my guess is you have a 1 in 3 chance...
Carl - 1939P-1DO-001 is not a coin grading designation - it is a variety catalog indentification number. 1939P - represents the coin's "date...
On the question on how much it cost to refine the nickel and copper from the US 5 cent piece - the true answer is nothing. Since coin metal alloys...
Cause Franklins are very difficult to grade even with coin in hand. I'd guess somewhere in the neighborhood of PF 65.
From the picture - The nickel appears to be a 1913 type 1. If it has a "S" Mint Mark - I think I've seen this coin before.
35 coins @ junk price around $4.00 is $140.00. You'll have to pay a premium over junk for the "S" mint and a few "D" mint coins. I'd say about...
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