Good question. If it wasn't, there'd be no need for various points within MS. If strike were not an element, we might define every coin struck as...
The lower the humidity the better for coins. You'll never achieve a 0 humidity, so don't waste money on gimmicky contraptions. Packets of...
Not really any goals involved with my collecting. Just having fun and enjoying the hobby. I suppose if I had a goal, it would be to complete a...
I may be wrong, but it looks to me like the reeding we're seeing isn't exactly on the coin, but reflected upon the metal the coin is attatched to,...
Don't know what Doug is looking at, but it looks ok to me. Besides, a fake would probably be worth more than that date of that grade. Guy~
This makes me ask, what happened to them? As popular as the quarter is in every day commerce wouldn't even account for this. Considering the...
Maybe, but the reasons you give for they're being on your list I think are still valid. Sometimes the design just doesn't do it for us, whether...
Nice lists. Theres a couple of things things I'll point out. The Oregon coin isn't depicting the coast at all, but rather a lake...Crater Lake....
I couldn't give you a precise grade based on photos. But, even if you send them to PCGS and they slab them, you won't be able to sell at the...
No, you won't get anywhere near those prices if you sold your coins. Those prices reflect coins traded in PCGS holders at the extreme high end....
No pics as I'm lazy and sick, but got about 2/3 of the Barber dime set. They were my cousins I had just catalogued for her a few months ago and...
Well, I suppose when in a numismatic conversation, I always use the proper term of cents, unless I mean pennies when referring to other than US...
I think this is goegraphical in nature. Every coin show I've attended, I've been about the middle of ages...at 35. Most are young men and women,...
I've never had any problems with Apmex or with hot sauce and jerky folks....but I'll keep that in mind for the future. Guy~
Nice nickels. This brings up a question. I have a set of the nickels they made a few years back to commemorate Lewis and Clark and had a Harris...
I'd pay about half of your lowest option above...which is why I don't own one of that caliber. Guy~
I say machined. If it weren't beveled, I might say otherwise, but so far as I know a partial collar wouldn't result in a 45 degree surface. Guy~
Counterfieting will always be with the hobby. And it has always been there. There were counterfiets 200 years ago, probably to a greater extent...
I've never heard of cellular back up on security systems before, but it sounds like a good idea. My system sends out an alarm if the lines are...
Every coin I own. I don't collect on value based agendas. I collect to collect, therefore all my coins are worth more to me than their resale....
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