Excellent! Thanks for posting. Barber halves are one of my favorite US coins.
Do you live near an airport that has international flights? If so, there's most likely a currency exchange office in the terminal. That would be...
But what we're talking about is more a matter of linguistic usage than it is of education and knowledge, and the history of linguistic usage isn't...
I agree completely. Unfortunately, I see "cleaned" used so often in the pejorative that the term seems corrupted beyond rescue...the genie is out...
I'm no expert on the subject, but I do have a lacquered coin — an uncirculated 1941 Belgian 5 francs that I lacquered myself many years ago. Why?...
Back covers of magazines command a premium price for a reason. The advertiser knew what they were doing by buying that space.
I would too. Nice looking coin. I like the Danish designs.
We never pass up an opportunity to tell someone they're wrong. Even when they're not. :D
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Thanks! Great gesture.
With a fractional size, always go with the whole number smaller. Your coin will rattle around in the 39.
Good looking Morgans. Thanks for posting.
Same here. Those holes posed an irresistible appeal. Type sets are what I do almost exclusively. One nice example of each is all I need (although...
I think this is due to the fact that so many young US collectors start out by filling the Whitman folders, and thus are conditioned to see coin...
As others have indicated, geographic isolation has a lot to do with it. We're simply not exposed to much foreign coinage, and I think less...
I've never experienced that problem.
I have some base metal coins that have been stored that way for 2+ decades and show no negative effects from it.
Same here. I keep a modest stash of bullion solely for the purpose of investment portfolio protection against catastrophic events. The PMs and my...
I'm in, Rob. Thank you!
I don't disagree with the analysis, but I question its necessity on forums like this one. We already know that none of the TV coin sellers offer...
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