The best bet is to get the blue folders for whichever denominations are of interest and try to find the nicest coins to fill them with. You'll...
Yikes. Tough question. I don't believe they exist anywhere identified as such and available on the net or in a book. There is also a type...
Yes, but just one. I saw the coin reported in Numismatic News in early 1983 and wanted to get a small quantity of them so I headed out to...
Yeah. That's it. They started production of these in 1972 but there are rumors that a few '71 sets were produced. Only 400 of each the Philly...
Denver minted gem cents from the late '70's. PL Ikes, Kennedys, and memorial cents. MS-61 1969, 1971, all '82/3, and mid '90's quarters. '82...
Cote lists a 1974 "coin" issued for SD by the Lombardo mint. The primary design feature is a gold miner and is made of nickel silver (no silver)....
The pre-euro coins have been getting an increasing amount of attention. Many of these were never collected when they were issued and were simply...
"I would also say the Mint and Proof Sets." Surely that would not include the 1980 mint sets!!!! These were made in huge numbers and only...
The crash of the proof set and BU roll market should not be underestimated. There were large numbers of people who believed that an ever...
Unfortunately most of what I know about them is from making a collection of them. I've got about 200 different from various series and issuers....
There were at least five different series of the states pennies with multiple years of issue. A complete set would probably run to 900 coins or...
It will cost a lot more with the clads.
Yes, there is a great difference between the way coins are used now days and the way they were used in the early '80's and before. It really has...
In almost all cases the proof singles will add up to more than the price of the proof set. Indeed it is possible to buy some sets at retail and...
You may have more trouble getting one of these in a coin shop than you think. Many coin shops don't bother to stock such coins. If they do have...
San Francisco also produced cents and quarters for circulation from 1965 to 1967 without a mint mark. West Point struck quarters for circulation...
The San Francisco mint made cents and nickels for circulation in 1970 with the S mint mark. These were business strike MS coins. They can still...
Look at the lower curl of the "9". If it's bent up and pointing nearly horizontally it's a small date. If it's bent down pointing to the mint...
PL coins can be very tough on many moderns. While unlikely, it's entirely possible that every PL minted is in only several minutes production at...
They actually made a wide variety of UN medals. Most are 18 pennyweight of sterling silver. (.9 troy OZ .925 silver). The most common had a...
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