I'm so sorry to hear this. His name will live on in numismatics for a long time. He was a very engaging person and will not soon be forgotten...
It should be pointed out that coin shop pricing sometimes does take great liberties with grading. Even slabbed material will often tend to be low...
Most knowledgeable collectors and bidders at auction usually pay little or no more than a dealer will pay. Sellers simply don't care about the...
Most places you'll pay about 50% too much. The coin will be genuine however, and almost properly graded. If you walk in their shop you'll get...
"Uncircle-ated". Any shiny or nearly shiny coin available online or on TV. It doesn't have circular grooves etched into it.
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That's way cool. I've never seen a clad damaged like that. It has just had the metal ground off all the way to the cladding on the obverse. It...
They only used reverse dies on circulation issues unless you count the SMS where they used obverse dies as well. Mint set coins are special in...
I've always dreamed of finding one of these overstruck on a coin.
I do collect them. All of them. Indeed I once found what looked like gold foil in a mint box I was discarding was actually a 3/4 OZ 10k gold...
I wonder why he has found only a single date between 1970 and 1985. This is very highly improbable. I've looked at circulating dimes all over...
People would be amazed how difficult it is to find a regular bank roll of circulating quarters from 1969, 1978, 1987, 1996, 2005, or even from...
I'd say that if you know what a "numismatist" is then you might just be one.
I think this is the best answer though I might add that it's never clear exactly where on the line any collector belongs because we each weight...
@physics-fan3.14 "I don't think you need a study to prove common sense. Boomers were born between 1946 - 1964, meaning they are 54 to 72 years...
It would provide a huge boost to Lincoln cents and especially to the memorial cents. It wouldn't last long but collectors would quickly discover...
The hobby was dying in 1995. It was rejuvenated by a new wave of collectors brought on by the states quarters and it will still be rejuvenated...
There are many words that could describe your coin but it's not so much a "No-S mint mark" but rather a "No-P mint mark'. It was made in Philly...
I know where you're coming from but there's one thing special about its condition. The mint made 424 million of these for circulation and...
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