It's a very nice shilling and quite undervalued in XF ($15.). Cleaning isn't very difficult but it requires quite a bit of experience to do it...
Sorry. I misremembered. In actuality it was in 1975 that the mint suddenly came to believe they had to mint 15,000,000 of each coin and they...
I'm usually disinclined to discuss modern coins in "coin chat". The PCGS guide looks extremely acxcurate for mint sets though the SMS prices...
I'm guessing the '87 is Gem and a decent MS-65 but with the picture it is only a guess predicated on there being no wear etc. I can't rule out...
We just all have distinct perspectives. We collect for different reasons and see the facts in a different light from another angle. Aestetically...
I'm not sure it really works this way. A lot of people figure that moderns siphon off dollars that would otherwise go to classics but there are...
Ham is being pumped full of water. The exact technique I don't know but I suspect they are spending huge amounts of money to build vacuum...
There's nothing wrong with the definition except it doesn't explain why there are a hundred 1938-1964 dead Jefferson nickel collectors to every...
This is something people are missing. When they wwere children most of these collectors couldn't afford things like Gems and the WI varieties....
Yes. I agree, for the main part. My understanding is that a lot of younger collectors are also collecting modern world coins all the way back...
I should add a mia culpa here. I didn't notice the article was from four years ago and wouldn't have come down on it so hard. Attitudes have...
Imagine if you could still open cans without blood loss!! How about being able to cook a ham without half of it first being sprayed all over the...
This is the shame of it; that they got a well respected numismatist to write it. I certainly understand how collectors can look at US coins...
I disagree with the second part of the article as strongly as I disagree with the first part. The big change in 1933 that made the older coins...
This is just more modern bashing. It is directed at trying to muddy the facts so people don't see the reality. Of course there is a natural...
These were made in huge numbers and typical examples have no especial value. Nice XF's and AU's will bring a premium and are worth saving but...
I think you are missing the point here. Most coins are struck in a fairly narrow range of quality and for most older coins that range is quite...
I don't think there's much doubt that Ikes are very very "undercollected". Consider that Morgans which can have thousands graded in MS-67 can...
I disagree. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and peoples' tastes change. What anyone thinks today has no bearing on what people believe in a...
Current coin collectors seem to be doing everything in their power to drive new collectors out of the hobby. No, nothing in this thread is over...
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