This began the coin market collapse and inaugurated the hatred against clad. Most collectors would have hated clad anyway but this freeze made it...
If the hazing doesn't come off it probably wouldn't grade at all. Even at 67 FB it's hardly worth the cost of grading. The market and...
1.,= What looks like wear is probably mint set hazing. It will come off in alcohol. MS-66. 2.,= MS-65+ FB
Grading from pictures is risky as they can highlight or hide marking and surface conditions have to be deduced. One grade higher and this coin...
The obverse strike is just a little weak but forgivable at this grade.
It's a tough date for nice surfaces and hard to tell from your photo. I believe it has the surfaces and flash to make MS-67 FB but it's a tough...
I did this for many years and eventually made out pretty well. I wait until that currency is strong and then send it with somebody visiting the...
A sharp nail should go right through them
Pennies might make great little washers to nail tarpaper on shacks.
I suppose it's hard to find someone who sells helium balloons by the pound. The bottom line is that a penny is no money at all any longer and is...
Of course when we buy a new car for $39,999.98 it's now going to cost a cool 40 grand. :cool: I'd wager that if you insist on rounding down the...
I don't believe your logic works here. Even if it did it would make no difference in theory because sellers don't adjust their prices to break...
I'd refuse to pay it if they rounded up incorrectly. Many people would and then everyone would know which stores are cheating people. They...
Only total purchases with sales tax is rounded.
I've always been a huge fan of throwing out trash and keeping anything useful until the last breath is out of it. Instead we made appliances that...
People would have used two half cents instead of a penny in many instances. I suppose nickel production might increase for other reasons if the...
Well... ...I wouldn't call the people who graduated from our failed educational system "idiots". Most of them are trainable and some even become...
The old proof set presses were moved from Philly to San Francisco in 1965. These were used to strike the SMS's. These presses have since been...
The mint has changed what they said about the nature of mint set coins but I don't believe I have. Through 1997 they said the coins are...
Since 1965 mint set coins are made on numismatic presses under higher tonnage with new dies. They get special handling including washing and...
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