Interesting... I'm perhaps stuck in 1980 when I last collected. At that time (as I understood it at the time) grading was a matter of the...
Is it possible for a weakly struck coin, missing some detail, to grade higher that about MS 60-62, or so? It's my understanding that part of...
Uh...Why? The red seal two's are pretty common. The 1934 series bills don't have a particular premium in circulated condition. The star note...
Condor, please recheck your math; I have corrected mine (the Treasury web site gave the incorrect thickness of the zinc coating). The diameter...
Since you seem to have knowledge of the banking system, maybe you can explain something to me. Over the last 45 years, I have taken hundreds of...
Don't think that I'm advocating religion here. I was simply taking that tack to fit in with tone of the "holier than thou" question. Not that...
If we look at Deuteronomy 22:1-3, we find that we are required to return lost property to its owner. This is not an option; It must be done. Of...
So, your good friend misidentified something he had and you willingly took advantage of his ignorance. I'm glad I don't have any "good friends"...
This is from the Treasury's web site: Production of the war-time cent was provided for in an Act of Congress approved on December 18, 1942, which...
Went through about one month's worth of spare change and the best I could come up with was one 1960-D small date Lincoln and three 50's...
Since my collection was stolen 25+ years ago I have had no active interest in numismatics. I do, however, maintain a passive interest and, to...
There is an industry today which makes copies of rare and type coins that are required by law to be marked as copies. My comments did not refer...
I was going to post this as a response in one of the many threads here regarding counterfeit coins, but I think the subject needs to be addressed...
Some observations by someone who doesn't even pretend to be an expert... These statements were made without reference to a known perfect...
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Take a look at this for a microscopic examination of the 1888/7 IHC http://www.fly-inclub.org/1888over7analysis.htm
I'm not offended by your comments. After all, everyone has their own opinion. I'll grant you that my first two paragraphs may be total B.S. but...
It's nice to think that she just needed a quick $10 and decided to cash in an old roll of halves she had laying around. It's also nice to think...
Even at $1200 you'd have to go some to make a profit. Buying a one ounce Buffalo at $1200 you would just break even. The 1/2 ouncers are 3 1/3 %...
Inflation is caused, in part, by governmental waste. Now, when you're talking about trillion or billion dollar budgets, the savings from dropping...
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