When I was biking to work a couple of years ago, I noticed that cents on the road were actually outnumbered by nickels and dimes, with more than a...
Sort of. Same metal, same principle, but the shape of the date area is different, and I wouldn't be surprised if the effect is less... well,...
It was above that price for two months in November and December 2006. We can quibble about the meaning or duration of "stays", but IMO the...
Oh, don't ever EVER put vinegar on a non-problem coin, because it quickly turns it into a problem coin. It's just that some of us think "nicely...
Follow-up: yes, the listings were bogus; yes, I won the disputes. But no, I actually haven't gotten my money back yet -- follow the link to see a...
Here's something that I hope most of you won't have to care about. :) I "won" a couple of sketchy eBay auctions last month, and to nobody's great...
Standing liberty will be a quarter ounce. Walking liberty, later in the year, will be the half-ounce.
Cider vinegar (the brown kind) has more different stuff in it, some of which might adversely affect your coin -- for example, staining it --...
Did you follow the links I posted? Zinc has been higher in the past, high enough for cents to be "worth" more than face value, including as far...
My take: Don't apply an agent just to the date area. Coins with the date in a big, glowing blotch are just unnecessarily ugly. Don't use...
The Stone Mountain looks like "terminal" toning to me. I'd worry that it might progress further, which could make the coin ineligible for even its...
No. Energy costs money, collecting and delivering the cents costs money, separating the zinc from the copper costs money. And that's not even...
And because eBay no longer lets sellers leave non-positive feedback for buyers, you'll never find out if someone is a difficult customer until you...
Copper-coated zinc cents are the worst idea ever to hit US coinage. They're scientifically designed not to last; with the more reactive metal on...
Cool! What years did you spend searching (last update was from 2011, not sure when you started), and what rough amount of change did you go...
Hi, Kent. The first step is acknowledging this. ;)
The figures I've seen quoted most recently are about one silver quarter in 10,000. Dimes are a bit more common, but you'd search a LONG time to...
Because you aren't in law enforcement? Would you care if someone swaps all your collectible coins for the equivalent face value of pocket change...
I've apparently been spending too much time listening to news reports (and my son). I read "Potamikon" as something else entirely.
Just remember that it's combining the best of two worlds: the design of a classic American coin issue, and the production quality of a lump of...
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