Funny thing is I've just realized I need to buy an Encyclopedia Britannica and now I'm thinking the best investments will be old electronics....
Just stop wasting money on pennies. Win... ...win... ...win.
I think it's pretty cool that there are lots of old coins in circulation now. When I started in 1957 there weren't any really old coins. The...
A quarter set is easy to complete and the folders are cheap. Add in the states coins and he'll still be working on it for years and always have...
I think almost all of the 26 and 28 mm Rupee coins are underpriced. Coins like the 1975 can't be found in any grade in this country and I doubt...
Sure. They already use the highest tech steel in the world for dies. I believe it's in the $2000 per ton region and is used for things like...
I used to correspond with several Indian collectors back in the '80's and '90's. At that time there was virtually no infrastructure to support...
I can't speak to the proofs but the only way to slow the presses down for clads is to buy more presses.
The only way to make metal flow into deep designs more quickly is by increasing die pressure. With current steel strenghts and modulus of...
The next generation of collectors is finally coming on board. As we old timers are replaced there will be dramatic changes almost across the...
Post-1974 coins are flat chiefly because press speeds are so high there's no time to fill in deep designs. They've been getting flater and flater...
Looks to me like the coin was lost around 1968 or so. It's in surprisingly good condition for so long on the ground.
It looks like a mint set coin. But it looks like chicken scratching at 10 O'clock. It even looks like it has some mint set haze though it could...
...Like 1000 1968 mint sets. One of these would have a nice PL Denver quarter in MS-67. There would be other treasures as well.
The coins that come back in different grades all the times are the ones with attributes that are all over the board. If a coin is a solid Gem but...
The '68-D quarter comes very nice. Top end specimens are "common" and often highly PL. Luster is very fine and very deep while strikes can be...
They are certainly discriminating against Cuban-Americans who can't buy or sell coins of their own homeland. ALL minorities are protected in...
The first is a beaut. These are rarely seen unc. The Rouble looks like it's all dipped out.
My gut tells me it's a high end 65 but better pictures would make it feel more confident.
There is no law against Cuba. It is evil to try to institute a law against a people. What's next; will they expunge Cuba from the maps and...
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