Good points monkeyman. I don't collect as an investment either. I keep what I like and discard what I don't, regardless of value or mintage....
Thanks Peter. That was a fast reply! Guy~
Is it just me, or is the gallery gone? I liked popping in and seeing the coin pics people posted there. Hope it's just a glitch. Guy~
Well, there were over 900 million of the bison nickel made in 05. But, I like them a lot too and keep the nice ones I find. They probably won't...
At what moisture level would silica packs be recommended? Where I live, the average relative humitidy is in the single digits most of the year,...
Something doesn't look right with the dentils on the reverse to me. I'm no expert on fakes, but thats always the first thing I look for on coins....
Congrats on the coins. Hope you didn't have to pay taxes on it though. Thats why it's always best to leave the coins to someone beforehand, and...
Wow! 1300 new cents to design. I think they're taking things a bit too far now. Next they'll be making coins depicting each individual US...
You're right, gatzdon, but the fact that there's enough room in the window for at least four of those coins and the real coin is 34 mm in...
I don't feel bad for the buyers. All they had to do was look at the pics and see the word "COPY" plainly stamped into the sun on the reverse. Not...
I'd also guess around $300. Guy~
I'd give it an XF. If not for all the flatening of the stars and head area of the obverse, and the flatening around the high areas of the eagle,...
I don't think Americans have a problem with the one dollar coins, at least as far as spending them goes. The problem isn't that, it's getting them...
If copper goes high enough people will scrap them anyways. Who's going to know that an ingot of copper was once a jar full of cents anyways?...
To me it looks like the leg was scratched off with a key or something. Where it should be is a lot rougher than the rest of the fields. Like the...
[IMG] This is one of my favorite coin purchases. I found a Mel Fisher store near where I live. He's the guy who discovered the resting place of...
I once did that with a $250 coin and I was a nervous wreck about loosing it. If I were in that guy's shoes, I might have had a heart attack before...
There's still the misconception, I see, that the Fed. Res. sorts coins for silver and such, which isn't quite true. Someone already said, but I'll...
I can't find the link just now, but I believe the Cheerios Sacs were a pattern coin. they weren't intended to be, but the design, most noticable...
Like to see him do that with a Morgan! Guy~
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