The very best uncirculated mint state coins almost invariably are found in the mint sets. Average quality in the set is poor sometimes but still...
Some of these are very common in PR-69 and may not get the demand necessary to make the cost of slabbing recoverable. Others are less...
Very true. The cameo pieces can be extraordinarily Proof Like, however. They won't usually won't have the squared rims or great detail as is...
They didn't make proof or mint sets 1965-67. Instead they made the SMS's which are really neither fish nor fowl. They experimented with...
It's very probably an SMS coin!!! The minor reason to believe this is that there are very few of these left in nice shape. The simple fact...
Most of the problems with the older coins can be avoided by buying coins in slabs or collecting raw coins in lower grades. It's only natural...
I don't have this token. This doesn't mean it's necessarily rare but it's definitely not very common. There is a strong tendency for this...
Some dates of SBA's are extremely easy with FT but none are especially tough. Collectors of all moderns would be well advised to pay a lot of...
At the risk of being contentious, I'm not sure it isn't unc. It's tough to tell from the picture but it looks like a subdued luster unc to...
It might be noted that the SMS coins were struck in San Francisco which also struck cents without mint marks for circulation in 1967. They often...
I believe the FED branches still have a window for dealing with the public but I'm sure they are not accommodative about things like taking or...
I mostly just search quarters but I check everything that comes my way and do get rolls of other coins sometimes. In quarters I save all the...
Some of the moderns will have far more surprising numbers in the future. Take a coin like the '79-P Sm motto reverse quarter as an example. The...
There was a huge change in collector behavior in 1965. Before this time collectors saved new coins and afterward they didn't. If you pick...
In those days a few of all the coins were saved. Most of the nice circulated coins survived because they were saved as specie or were overlooked...
I save a few nice ones from mint sets. There are a few really great ones and some that are PL.
It's interesting how the relief has been lowered on the clad quarters over the years. They even started making them slightly thinner in 1999 so...
It's rotated reverse. These come with varying degrees of rotation and appear in about .6% of '88 mint sets. Other such coins can be found at...
I'd agree that some of the coins will prove to be lousy investments. And I strongly agree that the best bet is to learn as much as possible...
cents; all '82 and '83 issues. five major '82 varieties. six major '74 varieties. nickels; all '82 and '83 issues. three major '82...
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