What I find interesting is the total mess that the government made of the whole coinage system by defining our money in terms of arbitrary fiat...
What is the minimum size to officially become a "hoard?"
That's a lot of roll searching!
It's going to take significant inflation in copper prices before you will ever even earn as much as minimum wage for the time you spend...
Aidan, Thanks for the info. I never saw one before so I couldn't let it just sit there.
I think that on balance, TPGs have been a more positive than negative influence on the hobby. For one thing, it probably increases the number of...
I bought a 1927 Palestine 2 Mils coin that I ran across in an antique shop. It's about the size of a US large cent. What caught my eye was the...
In some banks around me, the young tellers don't even know what a half dollar is. One young lady said to me, "don't you mean dollar?" and it was...
Speedy. You are not a "kid" in the numismatic sense. You've already accumulated a lifetime of knowledge and everyone here benefits from your...
I've also been able to buy quite a few mercury and roosevelt dimes for melt or less, but I have yet to find anything of real value. :(...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] Scanned with HP 7130xi. Very difficult to use for coins
I like the 1921 peace dollar. I have to pick up a circulated one one of these days.
One pretty good dealer near me transacts everything on a 20% spread. He will pay 80% and sell at 100% for just about everything in the store. I...
I forgot to mention this, but it is critical. Anything you do to try to improve the coins appearance will probably destroy 90% of it's numismatic...
If you don't know what you have, any method of selling is very risky. Get a copy of the Redbook and it will tell you where the mintmarks are...
Quick Dog, great story. Thanks for sharing it. I can relate to your coin problems. Nobody is ever going to look at my collection and say,...
I don't see the cleaning. It looks like the lighting.
I would open the roll, but that would be more out of curiosity than profit motive. There's no telling what is inside, and I've never been a big...
I think NGC and PCGS cheapen their brand names when they participate in this sort of thing to make a few extra bucks. One of the first rules of...
I casually collect state quarters out of circulation and put them in Whitman folders. I have two sets going. For me this falls into the category...
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