There are far too few Gem Ikes to supply a mass market. It was about 1978 before I even knew they existed they were so few and far between. I...
The '05-D were satin finish and get a different designation. Most mint set coins can be found Gem without a lot of effort but Gems in...
I disagree because the added enhancements to mint set coins since 1968 can't be differentiated from run of the mill coins. Even regular strikes...
It was one of Ronald Reagan's cost cutting moves. Much to my surprise there was so much complaint that the mint sets were brought back in 1984....
Any fully lustrous '83-P is scarce. This coin is common enough in AU but most nice '83-P's came from circulation. The reason that MS-60's go for...
It's a very nice shilling and quite undervalued in XF ($15.). Cleaning isn't very difficult but it requires quite a bit of experience to do it...
Sorry. I misremembered. In actuality it was in 1975 that the mint suddenly came to believe they had to mint 15,000,000 of each coin and they...
I'm usually disinclined to discuss modern coins in "coin chat". The PCGS guide looks extremely acxcurate for mint sets though the SMS prices...
I'm guessing the '87 is Gem and a decent MS-65 but with the picture it is only a guess predicated on there being no wear etc. I can't rule out...
We just all have distinct perspectives. We collect for different reasons and see the facts in a different light from another angle. Aestetically...
I'm not sure it really works this way. A lot of people figure that moderns siphon off dollars that would otherwise go to classics but there are...
Ham is being pumped full of water. The exact technique I don't know but I suspect they are spending huge amounts of money to build vacuum...
There's nothing wrong with the definition except it doesn't explain why there are a hundred 1938-1964 dead Jefferson nickel collectors to every...
This is something people are missing. When they wwere children most of these collectors couldn't afford things like Gems and the WI varieties....
Yes. I agree, for the main part. My understanding is that a lot of younger collectors are also collecting modern world coins all the way back...
I should add a mia culpa here. I didn't notice the article was from four years ago and wouldn't have come down on it so hard. Attitudes have...
Imagine if you could still open cans without blood loss!! How about being able to cook a ham without half of it first being sprayed all over the...
This is the shame of it; that they got a well respected numismatist to write it. I certainly understand how collectors can look at US coins...
I disagree with the second part of the article as strongly as I disagree with the first part. The big change in 1933 that made the older coins...
This is just more modern bashing. It is directed at trying to muddy the facts so people don't see the reality. Of course there is a natural...
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