all due respect, Bill, but how do you know for sure? The coin looks like it could be a bag-marked satin quarter. The luster surely seems...
Yes, the Fed orders coin from the US Mint and is the only entity that does so directly. In fact, the coins are technicaly not deemed to be lawful...
I assumed that the 100 coin bag was a Mint bag:...
The Botanic Garden set had a household limit of 5 in 1997. I remember the 99 Silver Proof sets for a specific reason. I could only get two...
The US Mint has placed 100 Satin coins in a bag. It's that simple. They used coins from broken-up Mint Sets, or extra coins made for Mint Sets....
Doug, I am unsure what set you are thinking about, but it wasn't the 1999 Silver proof set. With the 1999 Silver proof set there was a limit of...
This is the Silver Proof Set Mintage, however, the quarters (which is a large reason that people collect these sets) are also available in a...
I don't think that even I would call them useless. I have no use for them for sure, but they do serve a purpose.
interestingly enough, did anyone else notice that right as the coins came out or a day or so before, HSN were already selling the coins in slabs...
you know, in my experience with forums and chatrooms at one point the conversation always comes back to boobs!!! It's a man thing, I guess... ;)
could be, hard to say. Pictures on the internet don't show luster very well, and that coupled with the color of the coin would be what tell me...
speaking of 2012, has the Mayan Bank started issuing the new Mayan Calendars yet?
Grey Sheet is officially named Coin Dealer Newsletter or CDN search those terms and you will find it on the internet
so many of those pieces were struck and so many of those were saved that finding a gem specimen shouldn't be difficult at all. Generally speaking,...
oh, and BTW while most dealers wouldn't expect to find them in a complete run of Mint Sets, I included them in mine so as to complete my clad unc...
Shrek, There are sets (due to lack of official Mint sets) that were put together by private firms (like Krause Publications) that look kind of...
can't win 'em all... how'd you know, BTW?
I've seen worse. In fact they were SBAs too! A dealer I know was asked what he'd pay for a bank wrapped roll of SBAs and he said he really...
On the 37, are the marks on Abe's face on the coin or the slab? The steelie is a 65, the 37 depends on the marks. If most of the marks are on...
Both Mints sold souvenir sets in 1982 and 1983 and they can be found on eBay with a little diligence. They are basically like a regular US Mint...
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