I haven't yet sprung for the Coin World Almanac. For those of you who have, does it give a source for the tolerances? The statutes I've found from...
And to think I erased the part of my original post that said "if I'm right, there'll be a groove around the rim of the coin where the copper got...
I'm surprised nobody else has called out "environmental damage". It looks to me like this coin is etched. I wouldn't be surprised if it is...
Dang, leave a nice 38-D or two for the rest of us...! :)
Yes, all Ikes were clad -- but the silver ones were 40% silver clad (80% over 20%), and their edges look just like that. I can't tell for sure...
https://catalog.usmint.gov/american-liberty-225th-anniversary-silver-four-medal-set-17XD.html?cgid=225th-anniversary-collection#start=1
You would've outbid me, but there's a good chance you'll still come out ahead. If I was getting an itchy BIN finger or had eBay bucks about to...
A rusty 1943-P cent.
That's pretty good, with melt around 12.5x.
Why does the poor guy have two right eyes? :yack:
And no silver at all in 1977 or 1978, IIRC. Now that I'm home on a better screen, I can see that at least two of the 1971 Ikes have no mintmark...
I wouldn't have been a winning bidder, because based on what I can see, I would've priced it as 3 40% halves, 1 90% half, 20 clad halves, and 20...
I haven't listened to a lot of dug 1790s silver coins, but I've seen a lot of cast counterfeits, and I'm pretty sure there are a lot more of the...
Are we allowed to talk about coins taking "S" hits here? :angelic:
Are you saying that there's a buy-sell spread on ASEs and .999 bars, but not on 90%? That's news to me...
I added my voice. Sometimes it works.
There's not competition among colleges and universities? My take is that the stuff going up most sharply is the stuff where customer choice is...
Well, they're more compact than gasoline or milk, and they keep better, too. But why wouldn't you pick an investment that earns returns, rather...
Too bad if you're trying to spend them or cash them in for face value, I guess. It's great if you're receiving them in your change, or better yet...
Which guy would that be?
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