BTW if you can find a good deal on old COINS magazines, especially ones from the 70's and 80's, they're very educational.
I don't know if you'll find this useful but it's a similar CT thread....
They don't seem to do well with common sense or things requiring more foresight than Mr. Magoo. But hey, they should have enough court...
That's unfortunate. The dealers and old timers have lots-o-secrets that you'll never get from books.
Do you have a local coin club?
The ANA has courses or at least they used to. If they can get a free moment from defending lawsuits they could even put them on-line some day.
There were also experimental bronze-clad-steel cents....
Mikev, in addition to what GDJMSP stated you can stay pretty safe if you buy from PNG dealers....
"That seems like war 3.0" Harvest the joggers. They have premium organs....
It's not going to stop or even slow down. China has over capacity factories and over built cities. They need 9% a year GDP just to put new...
It's still fair trade. China sends us dung and we pay for it with crap-"value" for "value." :p
We allowed ourselves to become dependent on TPG's. Now we get to do the lemming dance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A24Q0IXy5zw
8th RRU (radio research unit) Phu Bai Vietnam. They were part of the Army Security Agency who did signal intel during the Vietnam war....
GDJMSP #35 Supposedly rusting re-bar will arrest once concrete is poured and the air cut off. Seems like the same thing should occur on a coin if...
Why?
This was yet another lost opportunity by the U.S Mint. Supposedly Mary Brooks was so ticked off about not getting those cents back she threatened...
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDAQuAIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DkrD4hdGvGHM&ei=Xd3FUcqpI4zG0AG6wIBQ&u...
Check that it's not a sandwich of two repro halves. Or a repro with a work over done to COPY.
I've been holding out on a 1946D walker I paid $280 for in 1983. It spiraled in to around $50 a few years later and has been stuck there ever...
Tell a teen that back in the day the credit card was an index card in box at the "deli" and the deli guy used to write out the prices on paper not...
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