Lol never man. The points about edge seam and weighing are valid points, especially nowadays. I just used to collect these for over a decade, so...
Really? That would be interesting. I had always thought they were affixed at the branch mints, and things like O over CC was because Carson City...
I sure hope three cleaned bust halves are not worth $1000 today. To me, they look like many I own, cleaned years ago. I don't see anything that...
It is my understand sir that the dies were all made in Philadelphia, and sent to the branch mints. At the branch they would affix the mintmark to...
Lucy, I guess there are quite a few if's, but they all don't need to happen, just one. I was just throwing out a few things that if any one of...
I know I have said this a couple of times, but this really should be put under a special post for newcomers to coin collecting. Excellent post...
I agree. What you paid is irrelevant to what it can be sold for. Even if you paid $50 does not mean you should sell something for $2000 if the...
Personally with something like this I would prefer that the mint limit it to one set per household at least for the first month. As a strategy,...
Well I wasn't thinking of just ancients. Other world coins, especially civil war and seige coinage, also are in the same position that "problem...
But looking back to 1979-80 the market also greatly expanded with participants. I believe having lots of new participants leads to greater...
Honestly, this is a very large shortcoming to US collecting for beginners. Its not anyone's fault, but those penny boards create this "need" to...
Very good philosophy if you have a choice. In US collecting nothing is so rare that you cannot get a problem free example instead, (a strawberry...
I just wished I lived closer to Detroit Gbroke and could talk you into taking shots of my coins. I truly just don't have the inclination for...
Quick aside, but you are absolutely right. I have spent so long admiring toned ancient copper that new copper, bronze, or brass looks absolutely...
Very nice. Sounds like you could be a prospective ancient collector. :) I started out in US colelcting the same way, but since our history is...
Good post Guy, but if one has no education, what are you sharing? "Gee, I like old coins, I think this 1944 cent is kinda cool" or "This 1944...
Yeah, the racketeer nickels sure got headlines. I have never personally seen one I would believe is genuine to the time. They may have made a few...
I had not heard of that volume, we could talk about it. I used to be controller of a paper distributor, and took some "paper college" classes....
Most of the soft spots I have seen personally, (I look for them now), have been on gold. I have seen pictures of the same softness on base metal...
Fantastic coins all. I own one of these "accidentally", obtaining one in a lot. I hadn't gotten around to reading more about it yet. Mine looks...
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