If collectors ever decide to collect modern Japan most people are going to have to settle for mostly AU's and XF's. These aren't readily...
I used to do it all the time; coin shows, coin shops, banks, I'd hit em' all. No one will ever imagine you have rolls of the current year's...
Even heavily worn a proof will still have square rims. Believe it or not the incidence of dimes without mint marks in circulation is down to...
I can't vouch for how stable this is but I can get ~94% of the bad dates clean. Ones that are far gone and have "porous" surfaces like the '69-P...
Yes. I collect mint sets and find them fascinating. Every once in a while you'll find a set that's all Gems. This couldn't happen by chance...
Even my sets sitting in a safety deposit box for half a century are tarnished.
All the mint set packaging sucks. But the '72 sometimes hasn't gone bad yet if it's been well stored. Most '73's are OK except for many...
One of the reasons to bust these coins out is that the packaging isn't stable. Especially the '68, '69, '70. '71, and '75-'80 mint sets will be...
Most of the moderns are actually worth more out of the packaging than in the packaging so there's little point in preserving them. Maybe someday...
There is a perception that old clads are common. People don't collect what is common. People don't know that the old clad can be tough...
There were millions of collectors in the '50's and everyone removed any 1955 quarters they saw that had managed to get into circulation depite the...
No. Don't hang onto average coins. They made billions and average coins will be getting saved by many many people. Even if no one saves them...
You might want to check some rolls at the bank. I believe you'll probably find the incidence of states and later between about 53% and 59%...
The best way to get a feel for attrition might be to look at the mintages in the second years of recessions. This number should be a fair...
Right now about 57% of circulating quarters are states or parks issues. This might begin dropping rapidly if the government ever starts removing...
Exactly. And as @green18 said, I've got em all. ;)
Herb was, arguably, the very first clad collector. RS Yeoman talked about the potential and value of clads since they were being ignored as early...
I believe these are just shadows created by the low angle of the light and the reflected light.
I'm curious what part of theountry you're in if you don't mind saying.
I think what we're seeing here are the effects from the PVC from the interior of the mint sets. The packaging has a thin layer of soft PVC...
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