"A Nickel is a waste and the mint has made 1,000,000,000's of them. And the same is largely true of the rest of the modern coins. These are cold,...
The nickel had eroded severely in value by 1983. Indeed, compared to the '39it was worth about one cent. Today it's worth about a third of that....
Of the 1939-D, the most expensive of the three, NGC has graded 535 as MS-65 and PCGS close to 750. The 1942-D, which is about half the price of...
Sounds like an F over an M for FRANKLIN MINT.
Things are much better now than in the old days but many collectors still don't understand the markets. The only way to consistently pay only 10...
The earlier memorials may do extremely well also. These tend to be much more common in BU but gems are very elusive for most of the '70's dates....
There are going to be some big surprises in Lincolns over the next several years. One of the first will be its discontinuation except in mint and...
The chances of getting a valuable old coin in circulation were about zero in 1957 and has fallen dramatically since that time. It is fun to see a...
The 1964 clad quarter was discovered in circulation. There are numerous quarters circulating with the "wrong" reverses. These get little...
These were essentially prototype proofs struck in Philadelphia very early on in the program. They were intended for promotional purposes and to...
Back in the '80's a '76 PR $1 was pulled out of a cash register that sold for $40,000 about three years back. There's not much chance of...
Sounds like the Lucky Tilicum coin. It's a small white metal piece with FDR and 1934 on the obverse and a map of the US on the reverse with...
I started collecting from pocket change in 1957. There was nothing of any value because there had been millions of people scouring change for...
There are huge numbers of five and ten dollar bills in circulation. There pro- bably isn't enough free silver in the world to replace them all...
Pennys are filed down around the edge to use as dimes in vending machines. There's no common reason someone would grind down the edges of a...
Also if you collect any moderns you'll need a thick skin since many dealers and collectors just automatically trash these coins. Until a few...
You don't want to pay a lot for these and they are common but keep in mind that there are different meanings of the word "common" as it applies...
There have been rumors of 40% silver '71-D half dollars since about 1972. There are no confirmed specimens.
This really applies to virtuall all the clad dime rolls; they just aren't out there. The most "common" is the 1965, then some of the late '90's...
"Demand is dead. BU rolls are likely going to be losers. Look at where they are trading now. Slightly above face for the clad and not much...
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