The '68 to '98 sets can't usually be opened cleanly as Conder101 said but there is a small percentage that can and those busting them in...
It's always interesting to find these in circulation. My favorite was a '68-S quarter worn to to VG that I found back in 1996. It's simply...
My estimates could be pretty low. In the old days you could go to a medium size show and fill a truck with all the proof sets that were there and...
Most of the coins from most of the busted sets go into Danscos and collections raw. About 5% are culls and go into circulation. I'd guess that...
No. But it's always worth collecting things. Save the nicest of each different one you find. When you figure out what's scarce or rare then...
I'm near Chicago and collect them casually. We usually see everything here pretty early and get a mixture of both mints but the last few years...
Good luck. I'll predict your oldest nickel is 1941 and the oldest cent is 1919.
The parts of a '95 mint set total only about $3 but the set wholesales at more than $15. It's typical for sets to have a premium for years after...
There is a steady flow of these sets onto the market and a steady drawdown by those wanting either the intact set or the pieces. So long as these...
Proof like moderns tend to be scarce to rare. There is an active wholesale market in proof rolls. These are split up by numerous companies...
If you're looking for the oldest coins then you have little choice but to stick with cents and nickels.
These are very common coins but are rarely seen without extensive wear.
Faith is the only thing that has ever backed money. Faith is nearly the definition of money. How appropriate that "In G** We Trust" is on the...
Most of these were saved in large numbers in rolls and bags but quality is usually horrendous. Nice well made pieces (especially S mint) are...
It's a good collector coin. This date was saved in fairly substantial but not large numbers. There were a couple million issued in mint...
Copper plated zinc is deadly. It's bad enough in a small coin like a cent that will easily pass through the stomach and digestive system of an...
You got one of the 5% that don't look awful. If you take a close look at the Philly cent there will be small carbon spots on the obverse or...
1980 for SBA's. 1974 for cents, and 1970 for nickels. '54 -halfs. '54 quarters. '55 dimes. They've made other dates but they carried no mint...
This has mostly applied to foreign coins to date but the process has already begun with the one cent coin and probably will soo with the nickel....
It seems people have been counting on the existence of mint sets to assure the existence of modern coins into the indefinite future but these...
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