What is it about the coin that made you think it was a capped die?
Circulation may have reduced its weight. The Henning nickel for 1944 has three variations: 1. No mint mark without the looped "R" 2. No mint...
Has anyone had any luck with sonic cleaning? The emersion in liquid type.
Cleaning ancients seems like a tedious task, but a fun one. Finally getting to the end of the process and seeing all the details is fantastic....
Nope, no change. TPG's grade them to make money. Collectors pay more because of it. It is a racket!
Personally, I don't bother to grade Bullion.
Looks more like a die crack than a die scratch. Die cracks are fairly common and fun to collect.
Some people collect the "small" portrait notes, and you may get a premium. But I am guessing these were all well circulated, so not worth much...
OK, gotcha. I collect all I can find in circulation (which aren't many). And since I do not deal with cash very often anymore, I see less and less...
Looks like a small delamination to me.
Nice catch.
OK, what is "PQ"
It's the simple tricks that amaze people. Look up "Scotch and Soda". That is another good self-working trick that uses a shell.
Does anyone else collect these serial numbers? Where every other number is the same. I don't know if they have an official designation, I just...
OK young man, did you bring enough for everybody?
You don't see that very often!
My mistake. I totally disregarded the fact that they were consecutive serial numbers. However, it is possible that some enterprising person...
You can find out if they were cut outside the BEP from an uncut sheet by checking the serial numbers at:...
Seniors can get a tax freeze, but you have to be almost destitute to qualify.
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