I assume it was the S-76b rather than the S-76a.
When they eliminate cash in favor of electronic transfers, all coins and currency will probably have a short term spike followed by long term...
I didn't realize how diverse your collection is. I'm in awe of your 255 varieties of early dates.
It might not have been tarnish. It might have been soot if the coins were in a house which has a fire.
It's Congress. If they were strongly in favor of eliminating the Cent, it would take three decades.
This might work in dry climates, but in a moist climate, the ziplock bag will create a moisture trap and greatly increase the speed at which the...
The explanation is in the other side of the supply/DEMAND equation. I have several coin varieties with 50 or fewer known which are available from...
While I agree that quality USUALLY is a better investment, there is a place for the unwanted coins. If you are on a limited budget, you can get...
Besides all the usual suspects for gouges in coins, the old ones started out at a time that a copper coin was useful as hardware since there were...
Just for the POs information. I go to Condor when I have questions, so I would trust his impression over mine. I have a tendency to see more than...
One of the hazzards of being a novice is not understanding the difference between what they think of as little wear and what a dealer thinks of as...
You may also want to look at this to get an idea of grade: http://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/#/3CentNic/Grades Then condition is very important...
I consider myself a bit more than a novice with early dates and variety attribution. But I am easily fooled by these since I'm not familiar with...
I still can't tell if it is an 1878 or an 1873 closed 3 which is close to an 8 in appearance. OK! I pulled up an example of each on Heritage....
My initial impression is that it is not a clip. My reason is that it appears to be out of round toward the "clip" which would indicate post mint...
Unique coins (varieties) can be gotten for 5 figures easily. Errors like this are substantially less, but still worth 4 figures.
Heritage has examples of Varieties 1, 2, 9E and 9F. None of the reverses appear to match the close top of C to the Ribbon; however, it might not...
I'm leaning toward S-160 if the lines above ER aren't my imagination.
It was just short of a summer session which ended with a bike accident, a misdiagnosis by the quack shack, a hospital surgery that didn't take...
One of the cardinal rules I hear from dealers is KNOW WHAT YOU'RE BUYING. Thus, the price for random lots of coins is usually very low because...
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