This is essentially true. Scratches tend to be shiny. Planchet flaws show up most in weakly struck areas such as around the periphery and the...
I think I know what's happening but I don't have a lot of experience here so you'll want to wait for more suggestions. A long soak in 91%...
The availability of nice choice BU Ikes is plummeting. It's not that they are scarce but at these low prices the demand is beginning to outstrip...
It's a weak strike caused by the obverse die not being parallel to the planchet. This is very common with the high speed presses but this one is...
The old memorials are all common in BU except the '60 sm dt. A lot of the '70 and later coins have premiums in BU with the most expensive regular...
Like most moderns these are just overlooked. What I'd do is chop the sets up and save the nicest 40 of each quarter and rolls off dimes. Then...
I kindda started out this way to help me learn which of those coins are rare in uncirculated condition. The first ones I was able to identify as...
1901-1960 prices then to be overstated 80 to 100%. After 1960 they are all over the map and often have no bearing on reality at all. They tend...
If you just hang up they'll call ten more people while you could have been bothering them. Make them pay. If everyone fought back they couldn't...
That's the spirit. Some of the things I've done to them are legendary. I've filled up their recorders with hours of music and once had one still...
Souvenir sets are in no way similar to regular mint sets. Coins for souvenir sets are just pulled from the regular production lines. This is...
They've been doing this since 1965 and then calling them regular uncirculated coins. In a sense they are no different since they are...
It doesn't work and the phone companies don't want it to work. They won't stop them and do numerous things that just encourage them. If people...
If you count every line as a "step" then a full step nickel is 21 steps. I never saw one though a few are close. Of course more modern nickels...
You can still get very nice Ikes at little premium by searching dealer stock and mint sets. Mint set Ike are typically well struck but finding...
I'm impressed you have a coin that is Unc, and a tough date.
I should mention that I have seen odd looking 1974 quarters that are more "silver-like" than most dates. I'd guess it's more likely one of these...
40% silver planchets existed at least by 8-12-74 when ceremonnial specimens were struck for the various designers including Ahre's quarter design...
Yes. Various. But most importantly there's a 1977 40% BS quarter. Remember that quarters were struck into 1975 simultaneously with 40%...
The US Congress has made no sense in years. Perhaps they think making cents will stop anyone from noticing.
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