All the metal scrap from the mint, and that includes the waffled coinsm are sold as surplus government property by the GSA. Anyone can buy it but...
What do you consider to be low? Since 2012 they've only done about 4 to 6 million of each design for the dollars.
Interesting image, a racketeer 1913 V nickel. Bot the coin in that set were plated long after they left the mint.
Yes to both. First one is a fairly recent basement slabber using generic shells. SGS (Star Grading Service) first showed up around 2002 and they...
Or just keep it simple like I said, "scrollwork"
All the US Mint waffled coins that I have seen use a different waffle pattern, not just straight lines. Like this [IMG] [IMG]
Check jewelers, pawn shops, and larger "We Buy Gold" places to find one that has an XRF gun and you can probably get it tested for 5 or 10 bucks....
Yes the edge knocks are unfortunate, but she is still very nice and I wouldn't kick her out of my collection.
What about a average speed toggle press? They only run 60 to 100 coins per minute. That's NOT high speed but all it takes is a little...
I call it "scrollwork".
So the dealers do their dealer to dealer trade on Friday, ignoring much of the public, which isn't great anyway because people have to work, and...
Clash marks don't have to mean high speed presses, just a misfeed of a planchet. There were die clashes back in the day of the muscle powered...
Yes, but probably better than 97% of the mintage is collected in the US.
It doesn't cause the non-ferrous metals to vibrate, the problem is eddy currents in the metal caused by the moving magnetic fields. Non-ferrous...
Most shows used to be Friday, Saturday, and Sunday but they became ghost towns on Sunday. So they dropped the Sunday and some added Thursday....
Probably no more so than a dipped coin (both are mild acids), and they get slabbed all the time.
David Lange wrote the book on old coin boards and albumns. I do believe he had price estimates in them. The books can be found through Wizard...
Is the sky blue?
Yes they will look to see if it has a date and mintmarks showing.
Use acetone, it will work better and it is cheaper.
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