I will beat a dead horse one last time, (poor horse). I would say someone who pays attention to important books in his/her field and owns the ones...
It was back before toning had a premium. It was just to cover the cleaning and make it more pleasing. The man who showed me did it to show me, not...
Sure it is if your goal is to ruin a coin about as quickly as possible. Coke has WAY too much acid for cleaning coins. Its uncontrollable, and...
I agree, too little information to give good, concrete advice. One thing I will say. Its a HOBBY man. Whateevr you choose to do, it should be...
Just another extension of the welfare state, right? Spend all of yoru money on bad choices through life and you should get more money from the...
To me it just goes to what I have been saying, that people should ignore color and concentrate on surfaces. If you are saying, (which is what I am...
If that is "the market", ("educated" buyers and sellers of coins), then of course no issues at all. Peddling these on tv for $4000 telling...
It wasn't the PRICE that Comex reacted to, it was the level of leverage. Comex does not CARE what prices commodities trade at. Why would they?...
I understand, but if I were to be the jerk I am I would say ANY toning is proof of improper storage. Therefor, any toned coin should be details...
Ouch. I wouldn't want to do a date/mm collection of seated quarters unless I have a spare few hundred k lying around. Short of gold or 18th...
Its about all known varieties per date and mm. Pull out a coin, look up the date, and see if there are known doubled dies or other varieties to...
Personally I would suggest cents or nickels. Both tend to have older coins in them since they were not silver before 1965, and both tend to have...
Its a common mistake. "Pig mouth" sounds cool. There is such a thing as "pig mouth" money, its a form of Tok money made at a certain mint. It will...
If you will be coin roll hunting, I suggest highly you educate yourself on the varieties out there to search for. Varieties are the best things to...
True story. My first "good" coin book I bought was WB on SL halves. Paid $85 for it 20+ years ago. I got it, read completely through it, and...
PLUS, most of these books will become $200 books in the future. Not all books are worth it, believe me. Just like coins you need to educate...
The kissi penny and the manila bracelet, while very recognizable, might be the least valuable part of the lot. Kissi pennies in particular are...
The 7 inch long items, (looks like you have three), are "tiger tongues" from SE Asia. The early ones were made of silver, later ones copper. They...
I will publicly state I have personally removed quarters looking just like this from albums. This was before toning was worth anything, so there...
Yeah, I remember that. Lots of people here saying it was to "protect" the gold from the big bad US. I wonder if a single ounce of that gold is...
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