If you have to ask the answer is "DO NOT CLEAN YOUR COINS!" Improperly cleaning coins can damage their surfaces. "Shiny" does not necessarily mean...
You're on the right track with the photos but (as is usually the case) there is room for improvement. Your photos are too dark. You need more...
Think about it - how would retailers feel if Whitman undercut their prices for the book? They would be VERY upset.
Who said a coin was worth less than melt? I guess I missed that one. How much over melt are you willing to pay for an EF-40 1964 Washington...
Mill, You must distinguish between melt value and numismatic value. A Double Eagle contains 0.9675 oz of gold. If gold spot is $1,000 a Double...
First Spouse coins contain 1/2 oz of .9999 gold. If gold spot is $1,000 a First Spouse coin has a melt value of $500. At some point people will...
Maybe the photo below will help you visualize the process. (The photo is from scvhistory.com.) A roll of cupro-nickel clad strip is being fed...
Wheeeeew!! I'm glad we got that out of the way! :hug: Recently I saw a New York State Quarter that was missing the clad layer on one side. The...
The copper blanks in your photo were punched out at the end of the strip where the clad layers were not bonded to the copper core. This is not...
It's the same for all clad coins, not just Kennedy Halves. The coin strip is made by bonding the cupro-nickel layers to the copper core. Blanks...
Welcome to CoinTalk, Jess. Like Frank said, that is machine doubling, not a doubled die. Machine doubling does not carry a premium so your Mint...
The coin looks suspicious to me. Especially the blob of metal on the reverse at the denticles just to the right of the second 'S' in STATES.
Welcome to CoinTalk. You'll have better luck if you post your question with photos under World & Ancient Coins. Good luck.
Are you talking about arbitrage or speculation? arbitrage - profitting from a difference in price of the identical commodity in different...
Arizona Jack was looking for coins with ships.
I don't know which Proof Set you mean so I'll list them all: $175/$190 American Legacy $18/$19 Presidential $16.50/$18 Silver Quarters $27/$30...
Most magazines are distributed well in advance of the date on the cover. So what? That's just how it is done. Car makers will soon start...
Good question. I don't have the coin in hand at the moment. I ran across the photos of it and posted them. Next time I open my safe deposit box...
That's an easy one to answer. Because they DID alter it. Someone carved a trench and the center to leave what is supposed to look like a raised...
You're right. I don't know what may have caused that. My first thought (after you pointed that out) was perhaps "dropped steps" (similar to a...
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