Most of the time if you check the date of the coin you'll see it is from a proof set that has recently lost its premium to the roll price....
Most of these always used to get dumped into circulation by the big wholesalers who busted up thousands of proof sets at a time. Some of these...
This is my understanding; that proofs are actually easier to counterfeit.
A little more info wood help. Is it aluminum about 29 mm? With a stump and axe?
These were selling for very strong prices at one time but I haven't heard of any prices in quite a while. If there were really so many made the...
It "feels" original. Most of the fantasies have a few common denominators that this doesn't share.
Most of the keys are in the '60's and especially the late-'60's though coins like the '54-S and '62 can be killers. I would suggest that most...
There are some very desirable coins here that are rarely seen in unc.
I've long been a big fan of nickels and have collected them all. In fact I've owned them all except the old proof only issues and some varieties....
'68 DDO '82 NMM '69-D/D Anything you don't have in your collection. Seriously try putting together a set of the nicest you can find in a...
It's almost certainly filed and will be very light. It should weigh 2.5 grams.
Perhaps the improving economy and the shenanigans of the credit card companies is causing an upsurge in cash transactions necessitating more...
The clad type b's are quite rare. They were made in fairly significant numbers but virtually none were saved. Only the '70-D appears in mint...
Part of the problem is that everyone wants to party like it's 1969. Maybe if we did things like eliminate the cent when government spending has...
It's been said many times that a nations coinage reflects its core values. And this is especially what the penny says about us; waste is good....
If you add up all the waste associated with making and using pennies it will amount to about 20,000 lives. Actually this might be too low if the...
The souvenir mint sets went into production in 1971 or '72 and were made every year through 1998. They were intended as a "sample" of the current...
I love these modern sets since as the mint has said "they are the backbone of serious modern collections". They are not the be all end all as...
I'd wager it's plated. Try weighing it.
A 2008 quarter had much more value in copper nickel than a brand new 1935 quarter had in silver. Should everyone now spend or sell all their...
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