It may seem paltry as we're talking a few cents, but what if next time you went to buy a new a car and the salesman rounded up to the nearest...
Corrosion can spread, especially if it's verdigris. Guy
Isn't this sort of illegal, like theft is? How can they advertise something at one price, then charge another? If I were them I'd just adjust the...
Don't let that ruin the hobby for you, John. I'm sure you've heard it a million times, like we all have, but buy the coin, not the plastic. Regard...
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It's all business. I remember reading somewhere that most coins worth grading have already been graded. So, a TPG has to either adjust grading...
Don't have a set dollar amount to budget toward collecting, but if I did I'd say it will drop substantially this year as I'll be instead spending...
The biggest question is are you looking at it as a potential investment, or as a hobby? That makes a huge difference in answers to your question. Guy
I keep an inventory, but value isn't important to me, so like Mike, never. Guy
By that they mean literally filling those annoying gaps on the slab where one's coin might actually be seen. Who wants to look at a pesky coin...
Looks like a 1/1 to me.
It was so the hippies could see the date through the purple haze, if I'm not mistaken. Guy
I'd go with the original packaging as most mint sets sell for less today than when they first sold at the mint. You can buy most for less than $5. Guy
Only one I use regularly is Vamworld.
Well, a lot of, if not most coins you see today that are of that age have been cleaned at one time. The odds of finding one that hasn't are really...
I think we all use the Red Book. Values aside, it's a convenient and much needed reference book.
US Early Half Dollar Die Varieties 1794-1836 by Parsley. I've even added my own pages as new varieties have been discovered, or I've needed to add...
Wow! This must be a stress inducing hobby for those who think of nothing but a coin's grade. Ol Bill Sheldon must be rolling in his grave at...
I'd have to strongly disagree with him. It seems in my area of Socal they're pretty common. I bet one in five cents I get back in change are of...
I'd say not worth more than 25 cents.
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