I've heard tell that a lot of the '90's sets have PL's in them but haven't actually seen one. Back in the day I used to pass up '82 and '83 sets...
I'm also curious if @Ed70 knows anything about the circulation of the 1970 $1 coin.
It is certainly getting difficult to find nice AU eagle reverse quarters. Pretty soon even the XF's will be gone.
I'm afraid to even stabilize zincolns in acetone before storage in tubes. But I do. Another thing I do is inspect the coins for plating issues....
Nice specimen. That looks like mint set hazing at the bottom on the reverse. That's probably what did it in.
Your best bet is to look for nice fresh sets. There's a lot of variability in quality so it's great if you can hand select them. Many dealers...
I found a nice VF+ '50-D in circulation back in 1964. I'm sure they were much "easier" in those days. The coin financed several low grade key...
I'm not sure anyone recognizes proofs of these dates. Me? Yes, I'm sure there are proofs in some of the SMS's. The ones that appear fully proof...
It is tough with some coins. I might be exaggerating when I say nearly 100% accuracy because there is a range of processes and techniques that...
This might be true but even if it were the fact remains it's irrelevant. It's irrelevant because virtually every single 1965 quarter made was a...
That's true if you're looking at very high end strikes and grades but an experienced collector can separate business strikes and SMS with a near...
All three of these coins ('72-D, '74, and '66) are surprisingly high grade.
They have a lot of modern prices wrong or misleading and most all of them have been doing it for many years.
A lot of the pre-'64 mint sets aren't as bad. There are some sets that are bad but coins stored under good conditions in that cello are often OK....
Don't store coins in mint cello even short term. Remove them, soak them in acetone or 91% alcohol, and put them in anything else. the '68 to '84...
Collectors collect. Most of us define a collection of something that interests us and then proceed to acquire one of each. This can be anything...
You're not going to find an MS-67 '83-D in circulation but this is chiefly because this coin is rare rather than there are no uncs in circulation....
I wouldn't keep typical heavily worn '70's coins but it might be a good idea to hang onto nice XF and better ones. Some of these dates are much...
People are still putting bags of 1964 nickels in circulation but not many '65's were ever set aside in the first place. A roll of 1964 nickels...
Finding nice well made attractive '65 nickels is getting tough. I consider only about a third of them sufficiently damaged to consider "culls"...
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