My guess is that collectors buy bags or rolls from the mint to fill holes, don't want the rest and can't sell them for much, so they just take 'em...
There's a few tellers that know I'm a collector and actually save interesting finds for me when they come across them. I think some tellers do...
For purely volume of silver per week I would agree because there's a limitless supply to search, but the percent of silver Halves I find over the...
I think the OP said that he traded a radar note for this one
Are souvenir elongated cents illegal? Or coin jewelry? See Section 331 of Title 18 of the United States code
Do you mean currency or coin? If you alter a coin with the intent of defrauding somebody, you're guilty of a crime. If you alter or destroy a coin...
Found one in a roll of Half Dollars a while ago... https://www.cointalk.com/threads/masonic-token-found-in-half-dollar-roll.279242/
Welcome to CT! Where do you think that you're seeing doubling? I can only see a little MD and/or reflections on the date and motto, but can we...
Thoughts, comments and ideas welcome. I wanted to keep all of my Ikes in one album and didn't want to crack out a set of PR69 DCAM's to put in...
Looks like die wear to me. Here's a Half Dollar from extremely worn dies:[ATTACH]
Is it just my imagination or does the S on the second coin look slightly rotated counterclockwise?
I just went through $300 dollars of CWR Halves. had a feeling that so many was probably somebody else's dump but the teller said they came from...
Looks like a Type I Reverse, very common
Resulting in this?[ATTACH]
Probably damaged while on the end of a roll, by a coin rolling machine
Or a bottlecap
Yep, looks like it
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Fascinating video, Thanks! Sooo much in that collection that will never be seen, other than by a privileged few...
Stopped at a few banks today to pick up some Halves before the holiday weekend. Got 2 rolls at one bank, older wraps, $20 rolls: [ATTACH] I've...
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