How about just after midnight on Jan 1, 2018? Zinc is soaring and the mint is spending more than three cents each to mint this shiny landfill....
The copper visible around the edge of the coin where the rim once was almost assures the coin was just ground flat. The edge is thicker when it...
I see a few minor scratches and this date comes pretty nice. I'd guess it's MS-66 at best.
I can't tell from the picture but it does seem to have something going on at the MM. It's unlikely to be something important since it's a closely...
The 4th edition also lists a zinc version for 1943. The steels are often found with some wear and my best is only VF. Some listings in older...
http://www.dokdo-research.com/bankofkoreamintsets.html I'm really impressed by these articles. I should have paid more attention to the South...
I got started with moderns back in '75 looking for silver in junk boxes. There was quite bit in those days and the Krause catalog was new so I...
A great number of dealers just don't want to "mess" with moderns. Many of them will still put BU rolls of things like 1983 quarters in the till...
Junk boxes are great!! I've actually seen dealers cutting up rare mint sets like the '71 Soviet set to put in the junk box. It's isn't at all...
I used to work with a Swiss dealer who had all sorts of never seen stuff. Most of the modern Swiss isn't really rare but it is hard to put your...
I used to go through a lot of poundage and odd ball stuff would just leap out at me. Then I looked at a great deal of dealer stock in my travels...
About one in ten '83-D's has a good strike and about one in a hundred is what I call a "full strike". The '82-P is the toughest to find well...
They aren't really errors, per se, just poor quality. A lot of the clads made for circulation are horrendous quality, especially in those days....
It's poor strikes from worn dies but there are a few good strikes out there.
it needs a dip in acetone then I think 66 FB. It looks like an SMS coin.
I like the dimes and quarters but if you want old coins then nickels are your best bet and cents are second best. If you want to start a...
I use it specifically to refer to a coin that is BU and is well struck from good dies and has minimal hits and scratches. Some of the coins the...
The '86-D brings good money too.
Other than Gems and varieties the keys are '84-D and '86. Any attractive '84-P is a keeper.
...... "Worth" is a funny and complex concept. The dime has a "value" of ten cents only because there are millions of these surviving and...
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