I suspect the later Cuban coinage will prove to be scarce to rare in Uncirculated condition because of the embargo and the antics of eBay. Even...
66 is my guess as well. It's obviously a very Gem coin but the flaws and strike on the reverse could have kept it in a 65 holder. It had a...
I suppose a lot of the reason I've grown to prefer the memorials in the last 20 years is just that they aren't appreciated by very many. As the...
The '82 and '83 souvenir sets were available at least briefly through the mail. There was no run on them but the numismatic press failed to...
If you want well struck coins from good dies for some of these coins like the '82-P quarter you can just about give up looking. Even the services...
This could be a valuable coin to the right error collector but such things often sell for only a few dollars. Sorry I can't help more but...
There's not much tobuy any longer since everything they make is garbage before it leaves the store and I can't remember the last time there was a...
It wasn't many years ago I considered all three 1968 cents quite common in Gem. Of course when I say "common" I mean that the total existing in...
Looks like you hit the jackpot. I often tell people that you'll sometimes hit things like this. There are so few people collecting moderns that...
It looks like a mint set coin. Was that a circ roll or a '76-D roll that it was in?
I really can't believe the roll searchers but I know they find some Gems. I've searched many bags and rolls myself so I have a feel for what's...
This is my experience as well. But some of the roll searchers tell me that nice choice examples of the zincs are relatively easy to find! Roll...
1965 is a very tough date to find in nice shape in circulation. Not too many were saved back then and very few people collect coins made after...
The dimes aren't worth much now but a couple of those are real keepers. Old clad in high grade are not often seen. One of these days all the...
I remember the great coins from the late 1970's. Back in those days not only did I have the whole of the circulating universe to myself but the...
I predicted this back in 1980 when they added mm's; dimes without mm's wouldn't be seen often after a few decades. Dimes have a high attrition...
Beautiful coin!
There's a natural tendency for groups to exclude new members. This might be exascerbated a little when an apparent age difference exists....
It looks a lot like the cheat sheet I used in 1976 before I memorized it. Mine was a condensed form that didn't list the obviously silver, coins...
Exactly. This is a regular part of the economic system and is more exaggerated now days because even quarters are not as useful as they were...
Separate names with a comma.
