I started a new lot of uncleaned. Here is the first one semi-finished. I find it to be: Philip I, AE28 sestertius of Viminacium, Moesia. Struck AD...
Me too - fingerprint.
@eddiespin Thanks. I only have a few without dates and have some soaking now.
So, straight white vinegar for how long?
I have a box full of no date and don't plan on putting them up for peer review. But it would be nice to know the dates.
Does nic-a-date really work?
Here is a record of how many stamps the USPS has issued since 1847. This is based upon Scott Numbers. Notice that the first 2 groups take in many...
I was in the process of making 5 sets in albums. I got P & D rolls every year up to 2011 when the mint stopped selling rolls to the public. I gave...
That is a real nice Mercury. And 1943 is a very good year as far as I am concerned.
This is one of only two examples known. I pulled it from an uncleaned lot I was working with. It is listed in RIC as follows: Constantius II, AE...
Congrats. Keep up the good comments.
I got my first order from the US Mint in 1959 and my last in 2021. I'm done with them and all the ballast they are putting out.
I started collecting them when they were first released. I bought a roll of each intending to make sets for my grandchildren. Shortly into the...
Nice, great find.
@Randy Abercrombie I have mine sorted into 10's, 20's, S Mint and so on. I did that long ago before my eyes got bad. I have a bunch. But I use...
No doubt when you use die marks to compare.
Nice to hear from you Evan.
FOG - Found On Ground as @paddyman98 would say.
The mint has released about 100 different quarters per year for the last 20 or so years. This guess is probably short when you consider all the...
The person who is doing this cannot afford to operate on quarters.
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