Hey Richard -- where do you work? (I'm at 1st and D St NW, just about three blocks away). Yes, I purchased a few Proof sets today at the kiosk....
FWIW, every couple of weeks I order a box (reasons below). The quality s, more or less, your average uncirculated. For example: I purchased the...
This stick worked fine for me! [IMG]
I stopped by the US Mint store at Union Station today at around 1:30 pm. The man behind the counter said they had already sold 1000 proof sets....
You're most likely certainly right. I can't imagine they'd permit that at all. But my piont is that since they do offer it on the web, they will...
I understand those concerns . . . but in practice it's not a problem at all. Here's how I did it. 1. I taped the lever/bar to the fulcrum...
Talk to the folks at Numismedia. After all, they already put their entire price guide on the web for free.
Well, the wiki-police are pretty good about getting rid of anything that even whiffs of a copyright infringement. But more importantly, if you...
yes -- I own "XE3" (2009 Presidential $1 Coin Uncirculated Set). They are most definitively regular-ole' business strikes. I took them out of...
Just a couple of observations, and fishing for your thoughts: I am really amazed at how many total coin-neophytes collect state quarters from...
Yes. There will be a different design every year for the next XX years. I thought "XX" was four, but I'm looking all over the net, and I can't...
Here it is:...
I think all the mint sets will be hits . . . because 2009 is such a unique year. Not only are there an unprecendented 18 coins, but a whopping 15...
Make your own scale! Here's mine: it cost me: two peices of plastic, some scotch tape, and any penny that is either: before 1982 or after 1982....
Between usmint.gov and wikipedia, you have just about everything you need, don't you?
What a cool idea! Go for it! Very quickly answering your questions: 1. I plan on purchasing an iPhone when the next version comes out (July?)...
Where on that site is the "beginners" stuff that was referred to up top?
Another large source: when you go into a restaurant or bar, hand your credit card over to the waiter/waitress, and they disappear with it for...
Wow, Lehigh . . . that's an astounding matched-pair of pictures. FWIW, I do have some ugly Roosies ("creeping crud from being in old Whitmans) ....
Thanks for the historical perspective. And for that reason, I think the concept (of having 36 stars) is kinda cool. Most Americans alive today...
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