I wasn't aware these had gone up so much. Thanks for the info. Sets like this were available all through the 80's and '90's for literally a...
In 1964 the '50-D nickel would easily sell for $25. Actually rolls wholesaled for over $1000 for a brief time which is even more than $25 each....
This is a touchy subject for me because I don't want to sound like I'm advocating investing in coins or that ANY particular coin constitutes a...
I expect the current boom to continue at least another year but don't expect much increase in it unless the economy booms as well. As metals go...
I like the proof sets because they are attractive well made coins. The worst thing about them is that they are so distressingly common....
Wear goggles!!! Plastic shards can fly at extremely high speeds. They are light and slow rapidly in air but will take out an eye. They can...
I probably have a couple thousand tied for first place and ten thousand tied for second place, but the Algerian 1949 50 F always comes to mind...
There are numerousw alloys that use copper nickel in a 3: 1 ratio. I found 27 diffferent stainless steels with exactly this ratio. Rather than...
They've made an awful lot of all the clads with worn dies. ;) The mintmark was enlarged in '85 and this kept it from filling in as readily....
MINT SETS; date.......mintage.............................surviving 1965... 2,360,000..............................450,000 1966 .....
Clad quarters are notorious for filled mint marks. This especially applies to pre-'88 issues and more especially to 1981 (and '82).
The coin is almost certainly plated. The TV shows sell lots of these and the coin shops will have no use for them. They get plated in gold,...
I suspect this is an especially bad problem for the mint sets since there are so many inferior coins in them. About two out of three mint sets...
Thank you. I've owned several of these for years and always wondered what they were. It sounds like it's almost a transportation token.
Nickel could be in a long term uptrend. I've been recommending it for speculation since it was at $6 last year. It's much riskier at current...
Philosophically I prefer the split grade because it conveys the condition of the coin. Practically it will usually sell for the condition of...
There is a mule called a map error. It's worth a large premium. Otherwise it is difficult to get a lot of premium for this set. The...
Hmm.. All of the 40% silver Ikes made for collectors were run off on proof or mint set presses at low speed and higher pressure except for the...
Great find. This is probably a legit and rare coin. The mint is a factory and planchets simply get lost in the machinery. There are some of...
I can't help much except to speculate that the incidence in mint sets implies a mintage under about 25,000. This die was most probably then...
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