I believe the only proofs struck at West Point have beenbullion coins and some commemoratives. Proof planchets that are rejected for quality are...
Maybe not, but when people were pulling the silver out of circulation back in the 1960's each of those coins was only worth a couple cents over...
Most of the vlue of the first day of issue and july 4th 1976 two dollar bills really depends on where the bill was postmarked at. These things...
In industry it's called the NIH or Not Invented Here syndrome. In the coin business it's the Not Purchased Here syndrome. Coins that don't come...
Yes there would be so much package weight varieation that wighing them in the sets would be worthless. You wold have to remove the coins from the...
Lettow is right about the staff problem. F&W publications does not rate the numismatic publications very highly and as staff have left they have...
Theseare actually examples of post mint damage. The raised strars etc are created by the edges of two coins coming together HARD. The incuse star...
It's a no L, and why the close up? Lathe lines!
It would be more likely before 1968 because Philadelphia was striking both types. After 1968 it would be possible for cents and nickels, and...
Yes I do know of someone who tried to build a complete set using just "acid date" coins. Believe it or not the hardest ones to get are the ones...
Accumulated it or controlled it? My impression was that most of their holding were controlled silver through futures and options and not physical...
The final digit of the date is high, close to the 0 (which eliminates 04 C-13), and it seems to have a round bottom. The 4 on 04 C-12 is rather...
Ration books are pretty common (Except for Book V which was never actually used) usually they can be purchased for about $5 or so unless they are...
I would not expect it to be any problem.
Yes USPS insurance DOES cover collectible coins and currency. It says so right in their regulations. It does NOT cover coins and currency as...
Very true and sometimes the committees have rejected all the submitted designs and they have also been very vocal about the poor quality of...
The tissue test works, it works fast, you don't have to take the coins out of their cases, and it can test several coins at the same time. In the...
And the vinegar method results in a much better looking end result than pieces done with Nic-A-Date.
The government probably got the lions share of the silver coins. First they published propaganda that the silver and clad would circulate side by...
I won't cut them any slack on the "edge letter problems either. They claim they couldn't do it because the planchets were "paper thin". But they...
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