It was given to me as a kid, I stashed it away, and just found it again. I always thought it was an old Canadian quarter, but it's from 1849, and...
I see ValleyCoin is selling mixed wheats at $8.50 per pound (here) Now, at 3.11g/cent, wouldn't that work out to about 145 pennies? That's under...
The FS (Full Step) Designation for Jefferson Nickels Defined (PHOTOGRAPHICALLY) I found this post on "The FS (Full Step) Designation for...
Wow . . . great resource -- thanks!!
BadThad: a very nice and nicely detailed explanation. I really appreciate it, thanks!
Your post, that apparently preceded mine by just seconds, answered just about all my questions. For one, I didn't see what was so great about...
OK, well, that's useful to know. Nevertheless, if I could hear some of the pros and cons, so to speak, and/or some of the issues. In the...
OK, so, I can see six steps in this (poor) pic . . . surely that's not what "FS" is referring to, is it? Can somebody enlighten me? Thanks....
Am I missing something here? Isn't that, at least from the pic, indistinguishable from a scratch?
Wow -- you guys are good. They're both from eBay and sold this week. The first one sold for .99, the second for $150
Mildly off topic story -- I picked up 8 avg circ Indian Heads for $12.50 (incl post) on eBay, and the seller (without telling me ahead of time)...
so, what do we think of these two: here and here
Wheaties (or earlier) only? :smile
Newbie question here: What do you mean you look for raw coins that are MS 66+? Other collections?
I know I've got a lot to learn about grading . . . (and it's a tangent from the real story that someone actually found that!! what a story!) . . ....
You know, part of the problem could be simply a matter of numbers. I noticed last night that there were over 130,000 auctions just in the US...
But do let us know what you find! FWIW, I still have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that: (a) wheaties are so darn rare in...
From coins.about.com on cleaning I know next to nothing about cleaning, but just read an interesting article here. What struck me was something...
OK, we'll let you ;) But you have to promise to come back here and tell us what you found!
So, nu?, going to post some pictures? I have no experience at all with cleaning, and I'm dying to see them!
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