There are many folk who collect wooden nickles. Typically they are crown size, ~3-4mm thick, with advertising slogans, and are still being...
There were more than 6.8-Billion cents minted in Philadelphia (no mint mark) that year, and only 3.3-Million proofs were produced in San...
Right on Doug, as usual! :) A typical poorly struck example of cu-ni KM#84, approximately 28.5mm, of which 883,086,000 were minted from...
Thailand. I'm just about to leave for dinner and the theatre with my Beautiful Bride. If no one else has pinned it down by the time I get back,...
Weight is the most accurate method. The .900 silver quarters minted from 1932-64 weighed 6.25g. The standard clad quarters from 1965-present...
That's my guess. Nevertheless, I'll give you 11¢ for it. :D :p
The design of the top photo is very similar to the reverse of KM#153, a nickle 1 Dinar commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Iraqi Air Force,...
If you got them on eBay from a seller located in China (Mainland or Taiwan), Singapore, etc., with a low feedback count, you are just another...
The bad news is that they very probably are fakes, and the worse news is that very few of the "replica" cash coins are actually silver, although...
Quite an accomplishment, in light of the fact that the Silver Eagle was first minted in 1986. :confused:
There is no single answer, but a few of the many possibilities are: Some sellers start all their auctions at very low prices. Usually these...
Two brown blobs are all I see. Try Photoshop or similar software to lighten them up and increase the contrast. Neither "Lugie" nor "Lucie" is...
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I don't see any off-center appearance, but it does look like an "open-face sandwich", with the obverse outer layer missing. It should be somewhat...
That's why the instructions in the envelope in my safe for the trustee of my family trust include provisions for dealing with my collection! [IMG]
Think about this - she may wind up on a dollar and Bill may wind up on gold.
Sacramento, CA?
Assuming you are asking about U.S. coins and not the commemoratives issued by a multitude of other countries, it is impossible to answer your...
Let me rephrase that: There are many predators in this business. The only way to protect yourself is through knowledge. :D
A lot of those coins were zinc, a metal which corrodes very easily. There isn't much you can do to eliminate the corrosion already there, but a...
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