More than just seignorage as they sell each of them for more than face value Seignorage after all costs acording to the mint reports is 33 cents...
Officially we've been on the metric system since 1866. They should have dropped the cent back in 1974 when it first became more costly to...
The 1985 was also hardbound as a two volume set in a slipcase. If I remember correctly that was when they split the book into 19th and 20th...
No I have a nice AU 1885 as well. I've had it since 1987. I'm missing the 1884.
The 1804 dollar exhibit doesn't bother to explain the differences between the three types.
But it doesn't work very well when you are considering buying items online. And eventually the counterfeiters will determine what that trace...
I collect coins. To me an important part of the definition of what a coin is, is the fact that they are issued with the INTENT that they...
Just because they don't make a mil coin does not mean that the mil is not a legally defined denomination. Do not confuse Congress member...
But a collector looking for a nice MS coin can't see the condition of the coin and DOES need a TPG to say it is MS in order to appreciate it?
I'm basically a series collector in US coins I have by date and mint (I don't collect proofs) Indian head cents complete Lincolns complete Two...
I would disagree with this part of your definition of a collector. For many collectors the coin just has to fill that gap. (especially those...
Oh I'm sure it is, if you have masochistic tendencies.
Does that one say 1867 two cent proof $85?
But I'm driving, no Amtrak, no flying. That means fighting the traffic and having to find and pay for parking.
I have no idea, I don't do much in the way of moderns and I don't pay much attention to values. I have a set but I finished it over 30 years ago.
In I believe 1870 they made a change to the reverse hub of the Indian head cent the earlier hub is known as the "Shallow N" because the bottom of...
I'm not trying to defend them, I think they are pretty lowlife myself. But criticize them for the right thing the fact that they do charge...
If you aren't willing to overpay then you don't REALLY want it. You have a lot to learn about buying modern mint stuff. Yes, you aren't being...
When Matthew Boulton packaged the coins he struck for shipment they were wrapped in paper rolls and then packed in kegs. This was in the 1790's....
I have no problem with Harlan (and I'm a member of CCC), but I grew up in one of those large cities and then moved out into a rural area 40 miles...
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