There aren't a lot of exceptions to this rule but over time I believe a lot more will be found. Almost all moderns are pretty readily available...
These coins are made in low grade (400 fine) silver and it's very common for them to darken. I agree with several others that it looks fine as is...
Washingtons are available in pocket change. You can learn a lot by looking at lots of the coins you collect and you can look at as many...
It's really pretty simple. Silver coins have invariably been collected for thousands of years and most of the high mintage copper nickel coins...
It's a shame it needs to be done but it does. Some NCLT is very much like real coinage but the catalog has gotten completely out of control....
The Haitian coin is pretty unusual for NCLT in that it was minted for two years. If memory serves though the 50 Gourdes face value was less...
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I'm always upgrading. Anytime I see a superior example to a coin I have I try to acquire it if I can.
This is essentially accurate but might be misleading. They cream off one or two coins per roll (if that many) but they also cull out three or...
This looks about right but slightly conservative. There are another couple million who spend serious time and relatively little money. Then...
I'd go MS-65 but the graders are pretty tough now days and they hate scratches. It looks like a bit of planchet scratching at the top of the drum...
It was easier and cheaper to make nickels with a new composition than to increase cent production by 6-fold. Part of the reason to change the...
People don't ask for dimes either but every bank in the country passes them out. It's the same for all the coins we use, and all the coins the...
Of course they make their own coins, or at least they have done so in the past. The old "chips" used to be interchangeable with US coin in their...
I disagree. People have not been given a chance to reject the small size dollar because the banks refuse to pass them out. This was the same...
It's illegal to make your own coins. The law was enforced but the casinoes have become quite politically powerful so now everyone gets their cut...
I've found most of the best made coins from '82 and '83 come from the privately made sets rather than any other source. Nice '82-P quarters are...
It's a nice one! It's in the top 3% of what I've seen. I'd grade it very ChBU or a nice MS-63+. The services would put it higher because it's...
The real opportunity with pocket change nickels are the post-1964 coins in nice condition. These dates tend to be much scarcer in grades over F...
Nice coin. I'd guess 65 and possibly PL but it's hard to tell from the pics. The original coin is even harder to tell from the pics but it...
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