These went into production as the roll and bag market were collapsing and were released in November 1965 when it was in shambles. Millions had...
I like a lot of the modern silver but don't ignore the old stuff either. It's getting melted just like the modern stuff and some of these aren't...
Buy silver that was worth $20 back when silver was $5 an ounce. In other words pay melt value or close to it for coins that were worth as much...
Most tokens are ordered in batches of a 1000. This one would have been ordered in much larger batches since it was used so widely. Each batch...
The Denver has a rare DDO with a pup on the "ERTY".
NGC requires a very high level of PL before they'll designate a coin as such. None of the current sets can be completed as PL by these standards....
Wow!! Those include some really great coins. The '83-D and '82-P are quite nice. The '80-D and '82-D are type "d" reverse (the '80-D is scarce...
Yes. In Britain it takes what we call chUnc to be considered unc at all and low grade Uncs and AU's are graded XF. Solid XF's are still XF but...
I like chUnc world moderns but I define this as any coin that is obviously really uncirculated, reasonably well made, and not banged up badly. I...
Very interesting. A DDR is supposed to be impossible for so late a date but that "R" in "AMERICA" doesn't seem to know that. Let's see what...
No doubt. But I'd wager they're dropping from prices higher than what Krause reports and, I'd wager the decreases are affectiung the older and...
I've seen a few of these but am not certain what it is. I believe it's the Proof restrike. It's a very attractive coin.
That's about normal for the '83-P. Your coin is probably worse than most but well made coins are very unusual.
Don't do anything to clean them yet beyond rinsing them. Even pristine coins can be ruined by cleaning. It will eventually come down to...
India prices have exploded in the 2014 Krause. The 1954 set is now $4,000!!! The real winner is the 1967 mint set that went from $11 to $4000....
A lot of the details of the laws and mintings of the time can be found in Ginger Rapsus' book; The United States Clad Coinage.
Once you see a specific variety it's pretty easy to spot. It's very difficult to check each coin for new and existing varieties but once you know...
Yes. A little more than 50% are gone now and have been destroyed over the years. Of those surviving most are, as you say, in VG/ F and fully a...
The mint didn't rotate their stocks of coins until 1972 and they still had huge nmbers of brand new '65 quarters in storage at that time. It took...
They made the clad '65 quarter until about march of '66. I could look up the exact date if you're interested. The '64 date was frozen and...
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