My coin dealer sometimes gives them out as change, along with clad halves and well-worn $1 silver certificates.
"There will ALWAYS be a supply of the State Quarters, but in the future, I'm afraid there won't be a tremendous demand." Not if you believe the...
I spent a couple of evenings going through just a pound! IMHO, I would start by separating them into wheat or memorial, and also sort by...
There is a HUGE jump from MS-65($850) to 65DMPL($13,750) on the 1881 dollar, per my COIN PRICES magazine. Why, I do not know. I would want to be...
Maybe his "0" key sticks. ;)
If the price is reasonable, buy them, and clean the tape residue off. You can always trade them in at your coin dealer for something better. To...
IMHO, it looks too much like new to be true.
I would extend this critique to paper money, also. Much of the pre-1900 U.S. currency had superior artwork to the 1900-to-current offerings, IMHO.
"i am really broke. keep buying coins and never like to sell them. i am in love with coins rather than women maybe." If you had a woman, you...
I bought an 1852 3-cent silver (Fine) for $14 plus S&H a few months ago- from England! The Royal Mail envelope and stamp were interesting, also.:D
"Might just as well put Donald Duck with Huey,Dewy & Louie on your currency." Don't make fun of my collection of Disney Dollars! ;)
"You'll have to ask an expert in beaurocracy why it's better to buy machinery and pay people to operate it in order to uglify coins instead of...
"Um whats a waffled coin?" See this: http://www.mintnews.com/story.php?artid=000017
"I had mine translated by a Russian language professor, who said it means that the Russian Gov't issued it as a Gold Cert." Good luck trying to...
"I don't have a wife yet" I wish my wife preferred SILVER jewelry! :D
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It is something unusual, so some find it collectable, even if it is damaged. I have kept a dime that I...
I just saw a commercial for Easy-Off BAM, where they show how it cleans a penny "like new". Arrrgh! :eek:
"Why would people wanna wear a coin?" My wife likes her gold chain necklace with a 1/10oz gold Eagle in the bezel. :) The half dollar is a...
Unless you had some unusual or difficult request that merited a service charge, banks normally "sell" rolls of coins at face value. Dimes are 50...
I would pick the coin with the better strike, and less bag marks. I'd rather have a good-looking AU, than an ugly BU. I also assume the AU is...
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