I give you a lot of credit. You are off to a better start in 3 weeks than many who have been in the hobby for years. One bit of advice I would...
I think it's awesome too that you have a piece of his collection, krispy. RickieB is someone who is loved by people in this hobby. He is a great...
but then it wouldn't be from circulation, now would it?
Yes, they are real. The United States Mint packaged Proof Sets in boxes from 1950-1955. In 1955 they also introduced the "flat pack" which is the...
Oh how I want a proof IHC!!! Very nice coin!
I have yet to find ANY proof coin in circulation and boy howdy, let me tell you that I have seen a lot of circulation coins in the past 30 years!...
I would hardly call my example extreme. I compared a coin made of gold vs. a coin made of silver. That's not extreme. Had the coin been clad, I...
then, respectfully, we disagree. I submit that all of the mint marks in that proof set match and that they are ALL Type I. I wonder if we'll...
compare any of those mint marks to the one on this cent. None of those mint marks look like this one:
I agree that it looks like it's a 14-D. Nice pick!
I'm kinda partial to Brasso myself. Well, that is for Lincolns at least. ;)
5?!? PCGS, NGC, ANACS (I disagree that they are top tier), ICG (definitely not top tier) and .... ? who are the 5 of which you speak?
maybe I am not saying it well. The Upper Loop on an 81 Type II is larger in size than the bottom loop. These are all type Is. There are few things...
from what I see (and I have looked at more than a small share of 1981 Type II Proof Sets) they are ALL type 1. The serifs on all of the S...
I agree that something is only worth what another will pay for it, but if someone posted a $20 St. Gaudens and asked me what it was worth....
well, let's think about it for a minute. I'll pay him 3x face value all day, but key or not, if it's worth more in melt, it's worth more in melt....
well, c'mon, krispy, it's worth at least melt!
yeah, I love that gold, Matt!!! I once paid $1000 for a 1922 No-D Die Pair #2 Strong Reverse graded XF-40 in an old smaller ANACS holder.
I have a certain soft spot for 1942-Ds. I once put together a nice UNC set of Jeffs and the 42-D was one of the coins that I had the hardest time...
Just off the top of my head maybe the Uncirculated Set will contain nicer Unc coins while The Circulating Coin Set could contain coins that range...
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