To put things into perspective. Coins constitute about 1% of the money in circulation. Most of the money, something like 80%, is money in accounts...
The metal content of our coinage is not the problem. The problem is a lack of control in keeping the money supply at a reasonable level, too much...
The short answer is no. After the "VDB" was removed in 1909, the coin did not have Brenner's initials on it. In 1918 they were added discretely...
Here is my representative Machin's Mills counterfeit. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This one was made as a Vermont copper. The reverse was made from one...
The 1955 Flat Pack Proof set is quite nice. The box sets usually have unattractively toned coins in them. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have seen a lot laminations on war nickels. Back when I was kid, you could grab them out of circulation. I put together a couple rolls when I...
Even if the price and speculation over silver were not involved, I'd take the half dollars. I have never been a big nickel collector.
Here is one of the U.S. half dollar's ancestors, the Spanish Milled 4 bits. These coins are a lot scarcer than the Spanish Mill Dollar and sell...
The differences between these two half dollars goes beyond "50 Cents" and "Half Dol." The rim on the reverse was strengthened greatly in 1839....
I am with @Collecting Nut. Most fingerprints are ugly and distracting. So far as I'm concerned, that 2020 cent is overpriced by $19.99.
The 1926 Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Half Dollar was struck in very low relief, which had an adverse effect upon its appearance. John Sinnock,...
Pictures would be a great help here. There are three minor variations of the coin. The really valuable one has a reverse that much sharper than...
Given the toughness of the copper-nickel alloy, it had to be in the drier for a long time. Still exposure to a machine like that is a great...
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