Wow, Mike... I'll have to look into that. Do you have any particularly good links?
The U.S Mint estimates that the average life expectancy of paper currency lasts for as little as 18 months. The average cent lasts 25 years! The...
I'm doing a presentation for elementary school kids (grades 1-5) and a few younger than that. Here is a list of what I've found so far. If you...
FYI, the reason I'm asking is that I'm doing a "U.S. Cent" presentation for some elementary school children, and I thought it would be fun to have...
I know that the 1792 "Birch Cent" was a pattern coin, and if those are allowed, at $2.6 million, I'm pretty sure it would win... (see other...
Arrrgh! You made me click on a SilverSearcher video! Help! I've been "Rick-Rolled"!
That's strange... I've never had a problem getting wrappers... other than the occasional strange look that was like, "Uh, yeah... I *think* we...
There is definitely a trend brewing... Wells Fargo getting rid of their coin counters, truble's credit union, and now my main drop bank "First...
Ah. Different tab. Thanks for correcting me.
Not according to PCGS, but NGC has quite a few. (I had to toggle "MS/PF" at the top-right corner if the link above doesn't work correctly...)
The 68-d is kind of blurry, but my initial thought is that they are nothing special. Waiting for the experts to chime in...
http://maddieclashes.com/clashed-dies.html http://www.vamworld.com/clashed+dies Some people *really* like clashed dies :-)
I think they're just saying that: a) 40%'ers take up more space, and b) tend to not demand as much of a premium when selling them (as opposed to...
That thread on the other forum was started on Dec 19th, 2016... the eBay auction ended early on Dec 1st, 2016... I got my overstrike yesterday......
Before you trade to the dealer, you may want to consider selling some on Craigslist (if you're okay with that kind of thing). I've sold 40%'ers...
You are correct on the "overstrike" part, except there never *was* a 1917 Peace Dollar; they were minted from 1921 to 1928, and again in 1934 and...
Man, I wish I had seen those before I ordered... nice!
. . . [MEDIA] . . . It would have fit in the mailbox. I've had some problems with a few postal carriers over the past few years...
Look how the postman left mine [ATTACH]
Could it be that there *is* a certain threshold beyond which any institution would analyze costs and finally determine that it is not...
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