Fifteen years ago my wife was around a 5 or 6. She did go to a few shows with me and would occasionally buy me a coin as a Christmas or Birthday...
Yeah, I'm seeing more and more coins that are damaged by rolling machines these days. That one looks like both sides have spent time at the end of...
My thoughts exactly!
No I don't see a dimple, only a little staining or a slight difference in the luster/reflectivity in that area[ATTACH]
Possibly those 'weak spots' are phenomena caused by the lighting in the picture? With light from a different angle...?[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
It's got to be a 1976-D, right?
Found in a bag of Eisenhowers today, not worth much but interesting anyway. Having searched many thousands of Ikes this is by far the most worn...
I stop at several banks regularly to ask for Half Dollars. Not too long ago I was asking at one of them, the teller had a few and he knows I'm a...
http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/Detail/10931
When I was a kid in the mid 70's I searched rolls of Lincoln's for Wheaties and would usually find between 5 and 10 per roll.
I had the same experience with them for years.... hundreds of thousands of dollars in coins, no problems, usually 2 deposits a week... until about...
Just find a better bank, not hard to do when you're already bottom feeding with them
Now they take any larger quantities of coin that's deposited and seal it in a plastic coin bag to be verified at a central counting facility. I...
In 1877 the mint struck a pattern $50 gold coin, it's in the National Numismatic Collection at the Smithsonian Institution: Dia. 50.8mm, weight...
OMG!!! Thanks for asking, I just looked!
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Found a better one Wednesday:https://www.cointalk.com/threads/half-dollar-crh-best-box-in-a-loooong-time.285874/
[ATTACH] Back to back!! the rest of the box... bust. Astronomical odds!
[ATTACH] 11 Silver halves in a single BWR, might be the most I've ever seen. But then they just kept comming! [ATTACH] Final count: 42 40%...
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