Great story, those Barbers have great eye appeal
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Not only that but it perpetuates the youTube get-rich-quick fraud where coin collecting (especially errors) is a path to amazing wealth.
I think the new Jefferson nickel in RP is particularly bad.
It's not signed, it's a reverse proof, but YES, OF COURSE IT'S A GIMMICK TO BOOST SALES. And, if last year is any indicator, it will work. Mint...
Agreed. Looked at my spreadsheet (I'm an engineer, I can't help it). Silver proof set issue prices: $21.00 in 1992-98 $32.00 in 1999 when state...
The OP has an issue with the eBay seller known as "the Docktor" who sells coins "found in a safe in a 200 year old pottery shop in West Virginia",...
My subscription shipped today. Yay! Cheap thrills in the midst of being grounded at home are good. :joyful:
Cool Library of Coins book!. I use the pencil eraser & tweezer approach but I like Randy's finger cot solution.
I think most intelligent adults reading this forum realize that the cinder block building in the photo wasn't built in 1818 and the endless stream...
Back before there was an internet, the mint would send little color sales brochures on all the upcoming products. I used to save them all. I had a...
That's pretty interesting. According to this article in Coin World, they aren't supposed to be released until after the Tallgrass Prairie coins...
Looks like they may have set it on the jaws of a vice when they struck the S. That may account for the bar. Just a wild guess.
To be honest, I've been buying silver proof sets for the last 25 years, so the bonus coin isn't all that big a deal to me. But yeah, I'll take it,...
Thank you, and same to you. I hope your hunch is correct. I have one set of my own on the way. ;)
Perhaps - but I doubt the SF and W mints stay closed for the next 8 months. Since there's no mandated limit, when they open, they'll make more....
The 190,000 was never a limit, it's just the number available today. Proof sets have never had a mintage limit.
I miss Johnny Carson, too. That's a pretty sharp '57 Chevy parked outside K-Mart, too.
My set is showing "ready for shipment" this morning (4/17/2020).
The Bat-Quarters [IMG] were released but the West Point version was delayed until later in the year. The West Point Weir Farm was reportedly...
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