I’ve seen this many times. Extended storage with exposure to heat or varying humidity, as mentioned contact to various paper types: album,...
@Iamleilanianne I just reviewed all of your posts over the last 6 years since you joined Coin Talk and I believe you have been done a...
Canada produced their last cents for circulation in 2012.
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Still, with trillions of cents in circulation it would take a while before they were phased out if planned properly. If new-metal cents...
Several truths remain on this issue: America wants to keep the penny (cent). Cents need to be made of a durable metal that reflects a worth of...
I got one in change last week, but it had already been too heavily circulated. It had at least 20 medium-size contact marks on both sides and all...
Totally correct. Quick research shows translation of carat to Spanish is “quilate”. I believe the pronunciation is “kee-lah-tay”. @7Jags Kudos...
Well, I agree you have a valid gripe, but, honestly, if the Scottsdale mint doesn’t place a value on their packaging…? The crux here is not...
…and this will explain all the peg-leg statues soon to be found everywhere in the future…Spark
Each different mint will have different original packaging values. For example, if you were selling a SMS set with OGP, the packaging will lend...
As noted, the ‘73 has too much wear on both sides and is a common coin. The unofficial benchmark for slabbing is to have a coin worth at least...
As of today all the sources I find say 1 gram pure silver tallies at 96 cents USD. 32 of those little tiny coins in the OP would be close to a...
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