It's really a shame since there are lots of really gemmy and PL coins with the scrape. Except for the scrape the '80-D comes exceedingly nice.
I would expect the services to go a little easier on shallow wide scrapes especially on the '80-D but it still will lower the grade. It takes...
About 96% of the mint set '80-D's have a shallow scratch on the obverse and 2% have the scratch on the reverse while 2% are unaffected. The...
I usually try to collect the most undervalued things and err on the side of the more modern. In this case you've picked two excellent series...
With modern coins, and all collectibles really, pricing is all about demand. The difference here is that unlike nearly any other collectible...
These coins were silver "washed" and can vary significantly in the amount of silver they contain. Don't buy them for silver and don't buy them...
Be a little careful with German coins as some of these are fully priced or more. There have been hoards of a few of these appear and this will...
Krause undervalues the Swiss and Soviet era coinage. The market undervalues these as well so expect to have to pay far over catalog to actually...
The problem with mint and proof sets isn't the cost in the retail market since they are a virtual steal if you buy them today. The problem with...
In for a penny, in for a pound. Watch your cents and your dollars will take care of themselves.
I collect several types of tokens that can be exceedingly rare as well. One area is state good for tokens. These like most tokens were ordered...
These are so hard to look up that I never do it on a whim. Unsurprisingly it is Minnesota and specifically Saint Paul 760-ZQJ. The reverse is...
It's probably a Minnesota amusement token. Most of these were used back in the '20's and '30's in nickolodeans and slot machines for gum and...
If you can find and afford the really high grade moderns then more power to you but I believe the sweet spot for most collectors are the nice gems...
Yes. To determine if a coin has true wear or not turn it slowly sideways between your eye and a light source. The high points of the design...
They look unc to me too, though the '64 might have "roll rub". This would be equivalent to wear on a later date coin as it is essentially wear on...
"These factors include, but are not limited to, the effect of new metallic coinage materials on the current suppliers of coinage materials..."...
There's a lot of truth here. A lot of good sets have gone bad and some dates are typically or always bad. It's worse with the mint sets but...
The cents aren't reused and probably not the dollar metal but the nickels and clad are probably still reused to make coins. The nickels are...
Coins didn't just spring into existence in Lydia but evolved. Indeed, the concept of writing circa 3100 BC probably evolved from the tokens...
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