Ikes are great. I'd suggest you try to get only nice pristine examples that are well made with minimum marking. Usually the best place to look...
I collect these and like them all. My favorite are advertising. I keep them in 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 vinyl pages and disp[lay them by krewe....
Most dates have a few coins of about this quality. Indeed, there are some moderns that appear more PL and higher grade. '88-D cents in MS-68 PL...
There are two things working againt this coin; the '98 comes nice and it has chicken scratches. Normally the chicken scratches (obverse 4...
67 Maybe PL
I'm in general agreement except on this point. The people who are looking to slab Kennedy's know where to look and a very significant percentage...
Most people will tell you eBay I think. I don't know. PM me if the 1969 set is pristine.
Some Krause mintage figures are suspect but these seem to be in line with what's seen; '69 9,097 '70 2,900 '71 4,161 '72 7,701 '73 ~10,900...
Yes. Many millions of kids and young adults have or are collecting the states coins. Many are at the age where they drop hobbies n favor of the...
This is pretty much the way it's always been though in the distant past this was just the hobby of kings. Princes became the new generation of...
This is a question we needed to ask 15 years ago when many millions of children were running around collecting states coins. The answer then, as...
...And we all know how painful that can be. ;)
What's funny is that when I started collecting in 1957 a 50 year old coin was very rarely seen. There were a few Columbian half dollars and a...
First off coins are not produced in the trillions. It's only been in recent years that the combined total of all coins ever made on the face of...
I used to tell people that the cladding was applied explosively using dynamite and the authorities never even considered that the coins might last...
But we are. To a very real extent the supplky of moderns is the mint sets and to an even larger extent the supply of quality moderns is the...
Back in the last century I used to travel around looking for gem quality coins at coin shops, banks,and anywhere else they might show up....
I'm not sure where to start here so may ramble a little. Your logic is sound for the main part but I believe your perspective is too narrow....
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I missed the post. Yes. My opinion could hardly be more biased. I've been a big fan of these coins for many decades. One thing I wouldn't...
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