New advertising ploy for Royal Crown, their shooting for a more affluent market.
You are kind of on the right track, except the government has never wanted coins to be allowed in IRA's. They finally made the concession to...
I should think the cud on the obv will help more.
1. no objection 2. Can't be done without replacing or reprograming every piece of coin handling equipment in the country, and who pays for that?...
To give a collector an idea what they will have to PAY a dealer for the coin. That's a problem. Many people think there is one set percentage of...
Spec weight is 26.73, tolerance range is +/- .097 grams so minimum weight for a new coin was 26.663 grams. Tolerances on silver and gold coins...
That's page 2 in the table in the Coin World Almanac. (Come on people buy the book. It is amazing the amount of information in there. Can I get...
You've just discovered Conder tokens. And they have gone up quite a bit. When I got into them seriously back in 1997 MS pieces could be easily...
Unfortunately there is no simple 1 - 2 - 3, because the product of every counterfeiter is different. The best way to spot fakes is to examine...
Weight is too high to just be tin. Probably tin with just a little lead, a pewter alloy
There is also the fact that the law says that coins much bear the date of the year of their striking, but the Mint strikes and stockpiles coins...
I haven't heard anything about the cent actually being discontinued.
Yeah but when they were put in the lucite the set was probably only worth 2 or 3 dollars. Until the Hunt brothers in 79/80 these were only worth...
Pretty much every time I have seen a complete set of nickel 3 cent pieces, the 84, 85 and 87 have been proofs. Same for shield nickels the 79,...
I think they are probably proofs, and after slabbing (for around $30 each) will be worth $2 each. I that is worth it to you, go ahead.
No you weren't being unrealistic, the idea of "numismatic value" was what was unrealistic. 1940 - 62 quarters in G to Fine are readily available...
And hopefully they are being charged a rate that will handle all current and future costs. Here where I live the water company is owned by the...
A guinea is NOT a big chunk of gold, would only be about a quarter of an ounce. 8.35 grams .246 oz of gold
And the missing E is just a die fill, a VERY minor error that won't increase the value. If it comes back as a very high grade it could actually...
Make that A M E or AM E
Separate names with a comma.
