Not clad, all the Washington halves are 90% silver, business strike and proof.
Mintage figures circulation strikes 1965 Philadelphia 0 Denver 63,049,366 San Francisco 470,000 1966 P 0 D 106,439,312 S 284,037 1967 p 0...
I suspect it probably isn't Unc either. Difficult to tell with the glare of the light across the middle of the coin.
What you can see of the coin surfaces in those picture looks like it is probably an acid soaked coin.
They fall under the Hobby Protection Act, not legal to make copies unless they are marked COPY as specified in the Act. The tokens are...
Small breaks in the plating are developing zinc rot.
Some of the wrappers have addresses printed on them and the ones I can see don't have five digit zip codes. That would indicate pre 1963.
They are medals. And of course they are a terrible investment, they aren't supposed to be an investment.
Not sure what you are seeing as being wrong. That they were excited fifty years ago over the new 1968 proof sets? Everyone was. That they have...
Nope, there are better things to do with palladium than use it for coins. Especially when we don't produce enough of it for our own industrial needs.
Environmental damage. Exposure to some chemical(s)
Nope the mint doesn't sell cent rolls, haven't since 2009. You can buy a ballistic bag but that's overkill for most folks. For the most part...
I might see a 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, but I see no reason to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the first Peace...
That's not a nick, that is a small prong on the holder itself. There is also one at 10:00 and one at 6:00. They are on all the hard plastic GSA...
The Mint was not running out of money, the depressed economy was not generating a demand for new coinage. The people were dipping into the coins...
One thing to add to what jeffb said, check them every few months and make sure the silica gel isn't saturated (If the box is well sealed that...
The San Francisco Mint does make business strike quality ATB quarters for sale to collectors as well since 2012 roughly 1 to 1.5 million of each....
Until at some point in the future they go to sell them and find that due to the high mintage there is no aftermarket and they can't get back what...
So $1 is 40% would be $4.42. But the Peace dollar was about 8% heavier than two half dollars (Thanks to the coinage act of 1853) so the melt value...
Kurt gave you the answer. The Canadian coins were of lower silver fineness than ours so it took longer before the metal value exceeded the face...
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