Very impressive. I've collected these for years.
The Shell tokens and other gas tokens are a lot of fun. The Mr President tokens have three varieties and they can be tough to find in pristine...
Most of the silver coins came pretty nice usually. A few like the '54-S will often be weakly struck by worn dies but it's the exception. This is...
There is such a thing as VEDS or very early die state. These coins can be stunningly attractive as the die isn't even smoothed yet from repeated...
The '71-D is a good choice. You might consider a '76-P type I if you can find the right one. Usually I suggest peoiple buy good strikes from...
People are really missing a bet. Many highly desirable moderns can be picked up for a song because nobody cares. It won't always be this way and...
That's very interesting. There was a huge change in the design between 1972 and '73. An obverse picture might help. It seems unlikely that...
Oh! That is a very pretty '67 in the OP. I agree that the reverse will keep it out of a CAM holder probably but it's definitely a pretty coin...
I believe about 60% of the 1967 half dollars were struck in Denver but it's unlikely any SMS were. It's more likely Denver struck some...
With doubling on both sides it's probably just mechanical cdoubling which normally has ne added value. There is a Denver DDR for the date that is...
High grade cents are fairly common in the mint sets of the '90's but I'd still suggest saving aside Gems.
The FED is charged with ordering and distributing coinage. They also store almost all of it since the mint usually only has new production not...
It's been 45 years since the Ike was proposed. It seems exceedingly late to be premature.
I couldn't stay away if I tried. ;) I think many of the moderns will be sought after in the future. Some will be very low mintage coins like...
Under specific conditions it's probably possible to smear the metal for the cladding layer over the copper core but This metal would be extremely...
The copper core is spread along the edge by the blanking press that punches the discs from sheets of metal. The copper core will hide one of...
Yes. These old (pre-1985) envelopes had an interior liner with PVC in them. This is a common look for mint set coins. The '72-D is often a...
The toning is common in mint sets. I believe it's caused by the inner layer of plastic.
I often suspect that a lot of the best strikes come from unusually warm planchets. There is probably a fairly wide range of temperatures that...
I'm curious. What state is the shipper in? Best luck with the quality on these. It looks like the assembler looked for nice coins with nice...
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