You answered your own question. Only banks and the Federal Reserve used the 500, 1000, 5000, 10,000 bills. Also the super rich like Rockafeller...
True that even "dipping" a coin no matter how light, or heavy the dip or how well it was done or how improperly it was done it's still cleaning...
They may not even grade or come back AG-3. G-4 has to have full rims and legends (wording around the edges). The merc. is closest; the rim is only...
I would be very suspicious and so should you. When you do look up the Certification like pennyguy suggests it says that the coin with that...
I may be wrong here but it was always my understanding that burnished meant the planchets were buffed and/or polished and proof meant both the...
It looks to "shelf like" which is what they call it. A true doubling would have two sets or numbers, images, words, etc. each one would be struck...
Three vertical folds, one horizontal fold, full corners, paper is soiled but not stained, no writing on it. It's a VG/F example depending on how...
I do Red Book and Cherry picker's guide's for information. I do look at coin world for articles and info as they undate more often that once a...
Just from looking at my coins it seems as though the 2011 UNC(bullion strike) have the field and lady liberty showing the same finish that all...
Get to know your coins shop owners. A coin shop is in many cases the best option. Yeah you won't pick them up a face like from a bank. However as...
It MAY be a planchet flaw. If an air bubble or something else is trapped in the coin. Normally it will spilt the planchet in half not just a piece...
I think it's more like tellers NOT in the know. From what I understand any and all red (legal tender notes) and blue (silver certificates) seals...
It's not an exact science but availability comes into play there too. Demand is the greatest driving factor but as scottishmoney alludes to in his...
Now a days I only buy coins from decades. Otherwise it's too much junk, common dates, etc. I look for rolls with all teens, 20's or thirties. Even...
The issue with the gold coin on pawn stars is 1) it was gold and they were paying him based on the value of the gold. 2) the counterfeit issue...
Looks at the bottom of the pic like it is corroded green at best and holed at worst. I'll pass at $35 after all if the seller doesn't know what it...
Real zinc cents without their copper layer are very similar in appearance to '43 steel cents. Normally the best way to tell if the copper layer...
You'd have to hang on to it for at least 20 years and have half of them be destroyed before it was worth anything worth while. Crisp uncirclated...
Any mint from any year can have poor or weak strikes of coins. After all there have to be coins that are struck toward the end of the die's life...
555 silver and 900 wheaties
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