Great idea about kids. The other demand for dateless buffalo's is in jewelry. I hate seeing dated ones ever put into that junk, but dateless ones,...
I would have to say 58 since you really should use a glass to ensure a MS coin is MS and not a slider.
Well, they did that when silver was much lower than it is now. Also, since they succeeded they created a little extra demand specifically for...
I would say it is always collectible until unrecognizable. I would say the OP's coin will always be in demand for type sets. Not everyone has...
Nope. I will say with 99.9% certainty that your loan is owned by someone else unless they made a major error in the origination. Just because...
I love old time collection coins. One of my favorite areas to buy, they are just fun going through.
Its called a bandsaw or simply hammer and chisel. Works quite well for any coin I want but unfortunately is encased in cheap plastic. :)
Gresham's law didn't apply? I thought Gresham's law was bad money drove out good. This would explain removal of any good coins when bad coins are...
Just as an aside, ancients did electroplate extensively. There are literally hundreds of items surviving electroplated. I agree with the rest of...
I will see if I can get pics of some I have. When buying coins I always value these at zero so I have a few in a junk box. I know of nothing about...
Weird, someone starting at Heritage on my birthday AND another military vet. Welcome back. :)
Now I know EXACTLY why they did that. :(
I would be surprised if Republican silver was still circulating after Nero's debasement and subsequent debasements. I know most Antony coins were...
Problem with your scenario is that banks know interest rate risk better than we ever will. This is why no banks hold fixed rate loans anymore, all...
It is hard to answer. I guess I can guess based upon some hoards I have purchased. In the hoards, it seems to be fairly common for coins about...
Of course, and I like that freedom to set your own colelcting goals. I was just wondering if somehow a MM coin had a slightly different design. :)
I understand, that was my point about some coins being low mintages but still not worth much in relation to higher mintage coins. Its not just how...
Yes, its the 25 Satang from year 2500, (1957 for us). The only reason I know this is because my mother in law is Thai and was born on 2500, and...
I have never heard of a "mintmark type". Is the coin design different for coins with mintmarks? Usually a mint mark, or officiana mark, or the...
Yes, they did sit around bank vaults for years, but not the Federal reserve, since there wasn't one. Since the US stopped coining gold and silver...
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