"I would also say the Mint and Proof Sets." Surely that would not include the 1980 mint sets!!!! These were made in huge numbers and only...
The crash of the proof set and BU roll market should not be underestimated. There were large numbers of people who believed that an ever...
Unfortunately most of what I know about them is from making a collection of them. I've got about 200 different from various series and issuers....
There were at least five different series of the states pennies with multiple years of issue. A complete set would probably run to 900 coins or...
It will cost a lot more with the clads.
Yes, there is a great difference between the way coins are used now days and the way they were used in the early '80's and before. It really has...
In almost all cases the proof singles will add up to more than the price of the proof set. Indeed it is possible to buy some sets at retail and...
You may have more trouble getting one of these in a coin shop than you think. Many coin shops don't bother to stock such coins. If they do have...
San Francisco also produced cents and quarters for circulation from 1965 to 1967 without a mint mark. West Point struck quarters for circulation...
The San Francisco mint made cents and nickels for circulation in 1970 with the S mint mark. These were business strike MS coins. They can still...
Look at the lower curl of the "9". If it's bent up and pointing nearly horizontally it's a small date. If it's bent down pointing to the mint...
PL coins can be very tough on many moderns. While unlikely, it's entirely possible that every PL minted is in only several minutes production at...
They actually made a wide variety of UN medals. Most are 18 pennyweight of sterling silver. (.9 troy OZ .925 silver). The most common had a...
The mint and regular proof sets were pulled from sale long before the ordering period usually ends. Typically when a new coin is sold by the...
I never suggest collecting clad for a couple reasons. Mostly because it seems self serving because in addition to collecting, studying, and...
The set could be put together for less than $100 in AU/ BU but it won't cost much more in unc and most will think it looks much better. It will...
There will at least be minor differences but they may be very minor. There isn't much difference in the bonding process anymore but they do make...
At the risk of being a wet blanket it doesn't seem likely that the typical coin from the 60's and 70's are going to have much value for the...
In the past there has been some variation not only in the rate of wear of specific dates of clad coins but also how this rate varies over time....
At some point electronic money will have taken over as much as it can. There will always be some transactions that people will prefer to use cash...
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