I'll say VF20. I guess PCI will say VF30
I have a number of coins in old ANACS holders. I thought the grading was accurate and I liked the smaller holders. They forgot the number one...
A couple of old Bonanza episodes use what appear to be morgans.
Casually ask a few friends, coworkers, neighbors, relatives, etc if they have any interest in buying a couple of old silver coins from you for...
I contacted Scotiabank in Canada [a big silver dealer] a couple of years ago to ask them whether the $5 silver maple leaf could be redeemed at...
I've found it useful to clean a few coins myself and look at the results. You can get a few recent date MS coins at the bank and dip them, wipe...
Bob, There's a lot to choose from with silver. You could get a morgan or peace dollar, franklin half dollar, walking liberty half dollar, or...
Is it cleaned/dipped? There seems to be a lack of toning or grime that I usually see on circulated coins. Other than that concern, it looks good...
Has anyone here ever tried to spend a holed coin? What was the result?
Good test. Worth the effort.
Frequently, it isn't what you don't know that hurts you. It's the stuff that you know that turns out to be wrong.
Ben - nice find. I occasionally see items like this in antique shops but normally pass them up because I can't figure out if they are silver or...
It is very possible that silver rounds will become more collectible someday, sort of like hard times tokens and civil war tokens. This is a...
I have a slightly different view. I doubt very many serious collectors buy anything from HSN. Everything they sell is about double what it...
My guess [the emphasis is on guess] is that you will be happier with any silver eagle you buy, and regret buying the junk.
In number of coins, I found a group of 100 mercury dimes plus one proof roosevelt dime for $35; and another time a 1946 to 1964 collection of...
Thankfully, I don't collect modern coinage.
I stopped reading coin books because they are incredibly repetitive and sometimes not particularly useful to the average collector. Most of them...
Probably not. But it sure is pretty.
I think that expecting inflation to continue and accelerate in the future is about the closest thing to a sure thing that you can bet on. The...
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