Yes, exactly. But there tends to be an inverse relationship between mintage and number saved with moderns. The higher the mintage the fewer who...
This is the problem with most post-1931 low mintage issues. Unless something is pretty scarce there tends to be an inordinate percentage saved...
Good news! Very unusual though.
Many moderns have been recalled over the years and it's difficult to know exact numbers melted and surviving. East German coins were turned in...
The two worst dates (the worst packaging) are the '69 and '71. The '68, '70, and '74 through '80 aren't a lot better. I'm afraid even well...
I see the '09's here. There aren't a lot and not enough to do a meaningful analysis but I think most of them made it into circulation. I'd be a...
Next year this "modern" commemorating 20 years of statehood will be half a century old. It will soon be 30 years since the coins were melted....
The amount of melting modern coins have undergone is simply staggering. These coins are fiscally abused by the issuer or demonetized to the point...
Have you looked at a 1971 mint set recently? Most of the coins are tarnished in most sets. And they are getting worse fast. Allen Herbert was...
I think in twenty years collectors will be amazed that you can buy rolls of AU '50 P nickels but finding a 1971 in any grade over a nice high...
It's not as clean as it looks. The metal was sheared, stretched, and shoved in some sort of collision. There are many possibilities for the...
It's a nice example of this sort of damage since the fields are virtually free of evidence the letter was damaged. Typically there will be a...
It's so easy (or at least inexpensive) to get Gem clad now days. Finding a really nice well made specimen without a lot of chicken scratching...
It's a nice one... maybe 65 but 64 is shoe-in without the mint set haze. A little soak in acetone and 91% isopropyl will probably remove all the...
Most mint set collectors consider these proof sets and proof set collectors consider them mint sets. The only reason they have much premium is...
There might be something going on there but I can't tell from these pictures. It's unlikely to be an overstrike but hardly impossible.
If you don't buy it when it's out of favor you won't have it to sell at a profit when everyone wants it. In collecting it's the contrarian who...
Congratulations! I made a similar set back in the '50's and also had to purchase many of them. Your set is very nice and well balanced.
Very impressive. Most collectors just don't see enough of these to cherry pick such Gems. The '82-D is the only one that is typically found nice...
Wow!!! These are spectacular. The '82-D especially but the '82-P is among the finest as well. Did you buy them slabbed?
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