Nothing better than a good coin show experience! So, you have both types of Shield nickels (with and wihout rays) and both types of Liberty...
Newcomb 4 is the listed double die that Breen cites. This coin is not one of those. Looks like either Newcomb 1 or Newcomb 5. I'm leaning...
Oh yeah, and clad (or base metal) coins are just as much fun to collect as their precious metal counterparts. If you like copper, nickel, zinc, or...
Weclome. Two books to help you begin to learn how to grade are "Photograde" and the ANA grading guide. Different slabbing companies use...
It's an American Silver Eagle that has been altered. The silver eagle is a bullion coin issued by the US Mint since 1986 (I think). Looks like it...
Truer words were never spoken. (but how can you possibly have fun if you are collecting clad coins?) :confused: :D
Here's a friend of mine:
So, that completes the set, right? :D Very nice.
Geez, I forgot all about foreign (to the US) coins! Lots of people attempt to get 1 coin from every country. This is easy for the first 100 or so,...
Excellent advice. May I add that you can do the same with Kennedy half dollars. Sooner or later you will find the 1964 and 1964-D. )But probably...
How about... Don't order the french fries (saves money, cuts down on fat consumed). Walk to wherever you are going if it is less than a mile...
Umm, ehhh, ohhh sorry Governor, your eminence sir. Really, it was just a typo when I said "oogly", I meant to type "pretty". (Say, got any...
Very interesting, perhaps it is a galvano?
Great resource!
The Special Olympics coin, honoring Eunice Kennedy-Shriver is particularly oogly: Insight On the News had this to say in an article on US...
Congratulations. Geeez, his brother must REALLY be something.
When I was 12 years old, I bought a bottle of Nic-a-Date (acid). I "recovered" a 1914-D that I still have, and it is still ugly. The bottle of...
Long established "penny" collector joecoin calls for William Safire to be abolished.
Those holders a sealed by a sonic induced pulse. This is some specialised (expensive) equipment. This is not to say that you couldn't buy it....
You have a really good start. I suggest you buy a "US type set" album to give you a sense of organization. Then start tracking down coins based on...
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