Well just to update this, the coin was a fake. So I got my money back. Only the dealer made a $25 mistake in the receipt and I got $25 extra....
I tell ya this is a major source of irritation. That's why for my best sets I went with the Dansco albums with the sliding clear plastic. Of...
When I got $600 worth of half dollars from a local bank they came in a canvas mint bag marked "cents" $50 It was free but I have nothing in it...
I think you can tell a fresh hole from an old hole. Unless you doctor it up a bit and make it look aged, a hole in a coin that you make tonight...
I have a Morgan that had a hole. Someone plugged up the hole with (maybe) lead and it reacted with the coin. Recently I saw a bunch of 1908 to...
Yes this is the way I do it without a scale. Use a 10X magnification and you can see obvious bubbles.
Not really unless they are in excellent shape; between Philly and Denver they made over half a Billion of them.
Silver punched through the 12 dollar barrier today and currently spot is $12.05. It's been a while...
People do the strangest things to coins. I searched rolls of Lincoln cents today. Found a 1983 with a 3 leaf clover stamped in front of Mr....
A very nice roll of 1977P Kennedy half dollars on eBay. Bidding starts at about 75 cents each. It would be interesting to see how several of...
Yes, I am not going back to the Silver Witch's bank. I have so many Kennedy half dollars hoarded there is no place to put more. They are sorted...
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