Here's an option nobody's yet mentioned: tokens and exonumia. You can get a lot of great tokens for a couple bucks apiece. Sell off the coins...
How about an 1868 large cent instead?
What @John77 says is correct. This is one reason the term "mint state" is slightly better than "uncirculated" to describe coins without wear....
1911 Liberty nickel, NGC MS64. Wish I had a picture; she was pretty. :)
Ignorance, indeed. It would be interesting to collect non-Nazi related items having swastikas on them though. I thought the Coke sign and the...
I'd really like to get all ~200-ish Antoninus Pius denarius reverse types. I'm missing most of them, but the ones I want the most are the early...
Air-Tites will protect them from prying little fingers for around $0.70 apiece. :)
I'd say trade dollar and Indian quarter eagle in a photo finish.
65+
I have always thought of PMD as meaning "Post Minting Damage," rather than "Post Mint Damage."
All fingerprints are PMD.
Korean Won!
This is mostly what keeps me away from these things. If anybody can just take a hunk of bronze and call it "aes rude," how can I have any...
The dot is just a dent in the die. The die was obviously pretty shot when this coin was struck, so it's not a big surprise there's other damage...
I managed to snag a nice VF Thasos tet for quite a bit less than they're going for on Vcoins right now. Deals are much rarer than they used to...
Those are some bad pics! Before I saw the reverse, I thought it was an Alexander coin. I'd avoid this one, too.
I got this info from Google: http://www.antiquemoney.com/national-bank-notes/texas/old-money-from-the-lubbock-national-bank-of-lubbock-12683/
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Yes. Nice note in great condition, with a low serial number. Only 84 sheets (at 6 per sheet) were printed, for a total original print run of...
It'd be easier for me, too, if I could get deals like that on a regular basis. ;)
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