And if you live in a state that does apply sales tax to coins and buy coins by mail from another state to avoid the sales tax, you will most...
Define pittance. These things are available in China in quantity for $2 apiece or less. If he sells it for $15 he's made a 700% return on his...
True, the shipping fee used to be included in the price of the set/coin. But of course that meant if you bought one set you paid one shipping...
The government DID conduct tests on zinc plated steel in 1942 but the dies used were not the same as the production Lincolns but I do not believe...
Close. By law the eagle must appear on all COINS with denominations higher than a DIME unless the legislation authorizing the design change...
True there is no difference in the quality of the material in the rolls, but in the uture I would expect the Mint wrapped rolls to sell for at...
If you are a smoker, the "golden tone" on your coins may not be toning at all but instead a layer of nicatine tar deposited on the surface of the...
Overweight silver and gold planchets had their weight adjusted using a file before striking. This was not done on copper coins. In the...
I strongly suspect this is one of those base metal counterfeits from China that has been abused. The surfaces, the lettering and the rims all...
Actually try 9 years. The mint sold US olympic coin dies that just had an X cut across the face of the dies. These dies sold out very quickly...
Value of blank planchets tends to rise with the denomination $2 to $3 is a decent retail price for a cent or Nickel planchet but when you get up...
You might try watching Coin World or Numismatic News for dealers that are selling a lot of proof singles. Then contact those dealers and see if...
< I think u didnt get the message... This coin was actually minted and is available rearely with tribal people in India... Most of these coins...
< SGS is no more a grading service than you or I writing MS70 on a stapled 2x2. They are owned and operated by the eBay powerseller Aboncom, who...
JBK has it or at least most of it. The mint had a backlog of the six hole proof set holders on hand when it was decided to stop making the SBA....
< (... that is a pretty strange attitude for someone whose username is CONDER101. "It is not a U.S. Mint product and has no numismatic value."...
< And you don`t think that is deceiptful, or unethical? These people were taken advantage of. By the thousands. And they will come back to haunt...
My understanding was that the older vertical presses were the ones that were the quad die presses operating at about 150 cycles per minute. The...
The coin has been altered after it left the mint by some private individual or company. It was obviously meant to commemorate some event for a...
< I want to leave something behind that both has value and would be easy to liquidate at close to market prices by my kids without the need for...
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