The attrition on many moderns caused by handling, collectors, minting procedures, and neglect is staggering. The zinc pennies are corroding at an...
A coin grades uncirculated until there is enough accumulation of wear at the high points to cause a break in the luster. Theoretically a coin...
Ah, but where else can you buy these and be reasonably sure the pesky MS-69's and 70's have been removed. There's something to be said for a well...
I put a few mint set singles in circulation since many of them aren't worth the trouble of trying to sell or the postage. Every once in a while...
It's probably not possible for any coin to truly be overpriced or underpriced. They can have artificially high or low demand because of...
If anything this article may be understating the case. While silver usage can, indeed, be curtailed and it will come out of the woodwork if...
8 to 15 minutes. Grab out handfuls with your dominant hand and transfer them to your other hand in such a way that they stack in your hand....
The introduction of the Kennedy certainly hurt half dollar circulation but the increased use of vending machines had already begun hurting it...
There were probably several reasons the mint didn't put Ikes in the mint sets the first couple of years. To a small extent it may have been...
It's not true that all 1981 SBA's were released in the mint set. There were some released in a 3 Pc souvenir set of the '81 issues, some were...
We already have copper clad zinc cents. Cu/ ni clad copper would be prohibitively expensive. The cents probably already cost close to a cent and...
"Also, I found it interesting that Sylvester said that in the UK only pre-decimal gets people into collecting. I have a sister-in-law from the UK...
I think you missed my point when I said that it's primarily circulating coinage that gets people interested in the mass hobby. I should have been...
You're likely right that the days of coins are numbered, but it will probably be a lot farther in the future than you envision. While coinage...
Italy hit on a pretty good composition for durability. They made some of their larger denomination coins out of stainless steel. While this...
The mint supplies these rolls as a service for those who don't have access to banks that are cooperative. Many people have just walked in to a...
Yes. Wholesale prices of physical metals will vary from spot by a wide margin. The most popularly traded physical silver will trade at a...
The silver eagles usually trade at a significant premium to most private bars and many of the foreign ones. There are some private bars that are...
It might be added that I've looked at substantial numbers of sets removed from the shipping packages. Multiple sets in these packages are very...
There has been very little said by the mint over the years about this subject. What is known is that a number of these are destroyed at the end...
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