It is people like this that are ruining a good hobby. I really do not know how they can lay their heads down at night and sleep.
It looks like your quarters have a Denver mint mark. Proof state quarters should have the San Francisco mint mark. I am more inclined to think...
You know.... I think you have touched on a problem. When I started collecting, we had a defined set of grading standards from Good to...
I do have an abundance of what is called “junk silver”. Though I am like @EdThelorax and don’t consider it junk because I am a coin collector...
I don’t think I have seen one display quite like the last dime you posted, Paddy. Did you find that one on the beach? Salt water corrosion perhaps?
Are you a new collector, OP? Mercury dimes are sure a beautiful and popular series to get started in. Nice coin.
Well hey Crystal..... I would surmise that has been stuck in the back of a spinning dryer for a long time or something of that nature.
I almost met my maker in a green Chevelle just like that. My high school running buddy owned it. We had us both a date late one night so he didn’t...
What a cute buggar. This is what he will look like when he is grown up. [ATTACH]
When I did it I used a mixture of vinegar and peroxide. I can’t remember the ration. I left them overnight. They did produce a date but they...
Hey look..... Where else can you hold that much history in your hands for mere pennies??
Fun and interesting to own. I cat see these worth more than face value for some time to come. I always hate it when I get a golden dollar in...
Yeah.... I buy all the no date Buffalo’s from my dealer a couple times a year so I can hand them out to kids. He sells them to me in bulk at six...
Seems I used to see lots of these decorative type silver bars. I believe I may even still have some that came in Christmas stockings and the like....
Thank him for his offer. Pay him for his expense having them graded and go elsewhere. I am rather disappointed to hear a dealer made such an offer.
Considering these are often counterfeited I could see him investing a little money for authentication up front....... is the offer $350.00 per...
Ok my revised totals are: One 90% Three 40% Sixteen Bicentennials
Probably
This is slap fun, LordM.
When these first came out a banker told me to slip my pocket knife between the security strip and the bill to confirm it's authenticity. I am...
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