As has been said many times before, the mint is an extremely profitable government agency and any loss from the cent is more more than made up for...
I attended an awesome mini-seminar last year, but I don't think I'll make it this year, unfortunately.
Welcome to the forum! What we know as "nickels" today began in 1866 with the Shield Nickel and they continue to run to the present day. Half...
Owning one of these would completely break my sleep cycle. The thought of possessing one terrifies me. But, luckily they're all unaffordable for...
As others have said, it's often difficult to spot subtleties from photos. But, assuming you're looking to purchase this, consider these questions:...
My only plan: buy low, don't buy high.
I was at a local store tonight and in the "cent exchange" box I saw a glimmering 2016-D cent! That's only the second one I have seen in the wild!...
I'm actually stuck in the middle, in what some people call the "flyover region," so I see occasional Ps, but I'm usually flooded with Ds.
I've read other Bowers books and find them completely exhaustive (and a little exhausting given all of the information to ingest) and fun to read....
Wow! Having only seen a single 2016-D cent, and no P cents, in change for all of last year, I hope I at least see a 2017-P somewhere, sometime.
I understand the viewpoint and the horror at learning about Belgium's 19th century African transgressions, but I also don't blame coins for a...
The JNDA book, issued annually by the Japanese Numismatic Dealers Association, has a section on "Occupied Territories Coins," but is only...
Nice! I haven't seen a wheat penny in my pocket change for countless years. Finding one used to make my day. Sadly, my days haven't been made for...
Though I will very likely not buy a 2017 Liberty gold, mostly due to the typically inflated price of such coins (I'd rather buy an ounce of gold...
Yes, over the past few years I've read various articles in CoinAge, Coin World, on the internet and elsewhere that discuss counterfeits that even...
I'm sorry to say that I'm heading in the same direction. Given the current terrifying environment, I can't imagine making a huge investment in...
Yes, 明治八年 (1875) has the lowest mintage and by far the highest price of the extremely awesome Meiji Dragon series. The JNDA lists prices for this...
Gold and silver becoming worthless would probably follow some form of horrible collapse of civilization. It's extreme, yes, but in that case...
If gold and silver ever become worthless we'll have a lot bigger problems on our hands than worrying about what to do with shiny metal.
They are still cool coins and worth having, but yes, as others have said they are not worth the price of grading.
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