both the 1916 SLQ and the 1913 type 1 Buffalo nickel are one year types. That's why they are identifiable by markers and don't need a date for...
In fact one of the unique features of an 1877 IHC is that the center of the reverse is very weak with notable lack of detail in the Ns in ONE and...
It appears (at least to me) that the Hot Springs quarter has a finish to the background that made me think the same thing, but from all I hear,...
Bob I have gotten Hot Springs here. I would not stop collecting the series at last year. They have re-done the portrait of George...
it's much easier to look at the reeding. If it has copper, it's clad.
The response was due to the fact that neither I nor a couple of other people I asked could figure out what the heck you were saying. I am...
If it was fun, travis, do it again and again and again. :)
Congrats Rick!
The Red Book is not now, nor has it ever been a price guide. The prices that they list are relative and relatively inaccurate. IIRC the publishers...
Huh??? Had I wanted to ask a rhetorical question, I would not have posted it to the forum.
I never spend them, but I always cull stuff like that from circulation for the express purpose of giving it away to kids interested in the hobby.
well, I guess if you live long enough you will see pretty much everything and here's something that until now I had not seen. :goofer: I...
Thad, I see many things at coin shows that are overpriced as well. You will have a hard time selling these coins for anything over face. The...
Travis: I voted no because I am unsure if there is anything of value variety-wise for 1962-D Lincolns. I can't say I have ever seen one listed...
Typically, wear is used to hide tooling and other Tom Foolery. I will admit, it baffles me why someone would counterfeit a $50 coin, but it does...
an interesting aside to this is that it actually behooves the government to make every transaction electronic because the more transactions are...
I am fascinated by the way that the US Mint has decided through the years whether or not they will mint coins in any given year. I am also...
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