No it won't cause the price of the coin from the mint to increase. EVERY commemorative silver dollar since the 1983 Olympics has had that same...
You could, but they will still throw them in the fountain. Humans just seem to have this need to throw things into bodies of water.
None of those were late in coming out, but all of them were authorized two to three years before they were to be issued so they had plenty of time...
It is looking good for a cent struck on a dime planchet. The edge wouldn't be reeded if it was struck on a dime PLANCHET, it would be reeded if...
NGC does and has for all coins slabbed in the past ten years. They don't have images for the years before that. PCGS only has images for about...
Idhair has the easy solution, concrete mixer. If they have corrosion problems tumble them awhile with steel shot. For drying purposes if needed...
Couldn't tell, but they do not appear to be US coins. Appear to have a continuous wreath around a two or three line inscription. Almost like the...
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But how is ebay to know whether the buyer is a scammer or just someone who wants the OGP for coins they have that they either just want to put in...
Excellent example, exact same coin but "worth" a lot more because of the set it came in that is named on the label, or in the set itself.
The edge looks different because it is a dryer coin and the edge has been compressed. That wore through the copper plating at the same time.
Sure they were, in one ton ballistic bags with around 400,000 coins per bag.
Beautiful 98 S-166.
There are acids that attack the copper more strongly than the zinc, but they do attack the zinc to some extent as well. That is why cents that...
Ike dollar CuNi clad spec weight 22.68 grams tolerance +/- .907 grams weight range 21.773 to 23.587 grams 40% silver spec weight 24.592 grams...
ME, advocating the value of the holder?? :D (psst, got a black NGC?) Yes the coins are identical, but some collectors go crazy over silly little...
Fred beat me to it, yes, a rim cud not a collar break.
In Roger Burdette's book on the experimental wartime cents and five cent pieces he provides evidence that the shell cases were used and in the...
Use the corner/edge of the magnet and check to see if the coin is magnetic equally everywhere or if it is localized.
Not that odd, the bill was just introduced on the 15th and it does take a little while before the text appears on the government websites.
Separate names with a comma.