There might be something going on there but I can't tell from these pictures. It's unlikely to be an overstrike but hardly impossible.
If you don't buy it when it's out of favor you won't have it to sell at a profit when everyone wants it. In collecting it's the contrarian who...
Congratulations! I made a similar set back in the '50's and also had to purchase many of them. Your set is very nice and well balanced.
Very impressive. Most collectors just don't see enough of these to cherry pick such Gems. The '82-D is the only one that is typically found nice...
Wow!!! These are spectacular. The '82-D especially but the '82-P is among the finest as well. Did you buy them slabbed?
Check out eBay. The price guides are all wrong on these and AU's routinely sell for $5 to $15. The '83-P is worth $13.75 in MS-60 wholesale....
I've seen pliofilm holders for 1966 coins. They have thin cardboard discs (tokens) to identify them. I don't know who made them.
If current trends persist the old eagle reverse coins will account for only 30% of circulating quarters when the parks series is done. The...
Washington crossing the Delaware design has already been chosen for 2021 and beyond quarters. Perhaps after a couple years of the new design...
The only really easy ones I can think of is the Belgium zincs from WW II and the Peruvian zinc coinage. All the iron and steel I see are rusted.
In many ways the US is already a banana republic. Even assuming you're right about some other country or countries becoming much more important...
Just as all coins are collected today, they'll all be collected in fifty years. The only difference will be an almost entirely new collector base...
A lot of the mint set packaging is unstable. The worst are the '68 to '81. The coins should be removed and then soaked in alcohol (91%) or acetone.
Check the Denver coins for doubling on the ERTY of LIBERTY.
Don't invest in any coins. $87 doesn't sound especially expensive for 56 proofs but you might consider buying the 11 proofs sets instead. It's...
The mint sure didn't love us in 1982. It was an unusual time for hobby/ mint relations. The mint knew nobody cared about circulation coins and...
I know the feeling. After "Doctor Donna" was saved in the library her life became just the highlights with everything between snipped. It was a...
Looks "repaired". Coins get really beat up and sometimes they are repaired with a hammer and file so they can be returned to circulation.
Great work! Love the artistry.
Indeed! The vast majority of BU rolls of the dimes and quarters are actually mint set coins. While these will be great in terms of average...
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