Yep. Platinum and palladium are down somewhere between the two, 4-5%.
Proof war nickels? I'm starting to wonder when you're going to post that Mercury dimes won't bring anything above melt unless they're super-high...
If you'd asked me what you could find at Walmart that would last 160 years, I would've laughed at you. :)
Those steps look hammered. Do I see some hints of green discoloration on the obverse? Maybe a tinge of PVC action?
Nah, spend them. :rolleyes: @cladking, any further opinions on value based on these photos?
$33 each wasn't a super-great deal, and they're dirt-common (with a few exceptions). You'll get other chances, possibly at a better price if...
See the two posts immediately preceding yours. I don't collect these, so I don't have my own opinion about their value. All I know is what I see...
OMG RARE OFF-METAL DEFECTIVE PLANCHET STRIKE THRU! Got any pictures of it in the slab? ;)
They apparently don't look at reports, either, unless there are a lot of them, or unless they come from specific (non-public) sources.
What are those? Photo is just a little too blurry to make them out...
Thing is, the previous purchaser has already paid the big speculative premium on these. Since he couldn't take them with him, OP gets to check...
Places where no one thinks to look. Because if we thought to look there, we'd buy them ourselves. It's entirely a matter of being at the right...
Everybody who's saying "face value", please look at value listings for MS 1982-1983 business strike coins, and at completed eBay auctions for...
If you come across actual uncirculated rolls from 1982-1983, I'll gladly give you double FV for them -- and then flip them for a multiple of that...
For this coin, I'm nervous about the denticles, which seem to disappear toward the top of the coin. But they look the same on the reverse, which...
I think you're thinking of the cheaper electromagnetic testers (glorified metal detectors). I haven't seen an XRF unit for under five figures; the...
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I've posted this link before: What This Country Needs is an 18¢ Piece (What this country and others really need is to acknowledge reality, and...
Maybe someone took a swing at the seller and missed?
Please post some clear pictures of the half dollar if you get a chance...
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