You're right, of course, but one shouldn't lose sight of the fact that they are common in MS-60 only in comparison to the demand. Most of the...
One would think that any manufacturer who need a copper/ zinc mixture could just dump pennies into the furnace indiscriminatly. Many people just...
Typical examples will be common for a very long time and you'll always be able to find ones as nice in a few decades probably. Superior examples...
The mint doesn't sort coins but does store them. The FED is responsible for sorting coins but hasn't removed silver since 1969. There is not any...
I've seen counterfeits of 1970 quarters. They were cast and dies were made from a Denver coin. This is much lower quality than others I've...
They did make the souvenir mint sets in those years and many collectors are looking for them. ;) These sets weren't made to the same high...
I picked up a few rolls of quarters the other day and got two 1985-P small motto quarters. These aren't especially rare but they're tough enough...
It was part of Reagan's cost cutting initiatives. It was brought back by public demand; it wasn't wide spread but very vocal. This was a money...
I think most collectors don't consider the proofs part of the set but they are of a different mint mark and in some cases a different metallic...
'82-P, '69, '83-P, '83-D, '71. Almost all the varieties are tough except the '68 DDO and '70-D DDR.
The clad dimes are mostly very underappreciated. It's tough to put together a circulated set of these and there are no BU rolls of many...
The mint set coins aren't too bad. Typical coins tend to be marked up and there are more mushy strikes than other date mint set halfs. The...
The issuing authority doesn't need to worry about what to do with the metal since they can sell it in large quantities where it will be used in...
The quarter should be slightly underweight as well. The strip thickness was reduced 1% in 1999. This was probably because the quarters in...
I wonder what will happen when people start hording more nickels than they spend or return to the bank. When the general public figures out they...
There are no confirmed examples of 40% '71-D halfs. These have been rumored for decades.
They make a lot of changes now days. Indeed, almost every year there will be at least small changes and some years will be huge changes. At...
There are a lot of reasons they think all moderns are junk but the biggest reason is that everyone lost interest in brand new coins when silver...
I agree. It's a nice one but not a standout. It could go 64.
The assumption always seems to be that any coin made in huge quantities is automatically common but the truth is very very far from that. Old...
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