That coin may be beyond help, but don't scrub it with baking soda, at least not first thing. Soak it in water. If that doesn't help, soak it in...
You're begging the definition of "worth". You can't easily go out and find a cleaned quarter eagle for melt, and that means they're worth more...
I know I've seen some go lower than that, but maybe not with the paper-in-plastic.
Now that I've got a new metric, I want to go out and measure everything I can find. :rolleyes:
Sometimes they can't even get it straight -- they call it a "penny" at the beginning and end, but "silver dollar" in the middle.
Was it worthwhile to counterfeit a dime out of base metal in the late 1800s? Probably. Average wages for skilled workers at that time were a few...
"Play down when buying, play up when selling" isn't limited to coin dealers, for what it's worth. I wouldn't necessarily have a problem with a...
I wouldn't go much higher than melt on a common-date quarter eagle that's flagged as a problem coin. In reality, that just means I almost never...
Yay! It made it! Now you can afford to refund @Garlicus the money he paid you back in 2017, for that silver that you never delivered.
I just really hope it doesn't go off while we're on the wrong side of the Sun...
No, you definitely had it right the first time. ;)
While the grown-ups were calling them "Carter quarters"?
Okay, you made me go look. Taking mintage figures from here, which is only current to 2016... I get a total of just over half a trillion Lincoln...
Okay, okay, there are some advantages to living in the greater NYC area. :rolleyes: As far as supernova observations, though, I think the...
^ --- don't try to sell it to this guy. :rolleyes: DO keep it. I've been searching change for decades, and I could probably still count the...
What in the world is that last one?
Yeah, all of the current coins are "commemoratives", excuse me, "commeratives"...
Looks like 1/200 ounce to me? Hey, $7.50 is $7.50... :)
Judging from the tape across the empty 1903-S and 1904-S slots, I wonder if someone's already picked over these. There's a lot more to study in...
Except get people to send you money for silver that you never deliver. When are you going to send the silver that @Garlicus paid you for over two...
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