The copper core is spread along the edge by the blanking press that punches the discs from sheets of metal. The copper core will hide one of...
Yes. These old (pre-1985) envelopes had an interior liner with PVC in them. This is a common look for mint set coins. The '72-D is often a...
The toning is common in mint sets. I believe it's caused by the inner layer of plastic.
I often suspect that a lot of the best strikes come from unusually warm planchets. There is probably a fairly wide range of temperatures that...
I'm curious. What state is the shipper in? Best luck with the quality on these. It looks like the assembler looked for nice coins with nice...
I've seen only a handful of them. I've never seen anything to identify them and usually call them California sets. They're fine in the...
These are great sets but everyone I've ever seen are badly tarnished. I'd remove the coins and stabilize them in acetone. Paul & Judy sets are...
I've been collecting since 1957. I was young but older than 1. ;) My first set was buffalo nickels, most of which came out of pocket change....
Nice coin!!
How well do the British proof sets sell now days? I've always like these but am interested is selling a bunch now.
"Tax tokens" are really US coins but we think of them as tokens despite the fact they were issued by the states and had a value. They were being...
The memorials are vastly underappreciated. Millions collect the older cents but most collections simply end at 1959 or 1964. Everyone just...
[IMG] [IMG] First time I've posted a picture here! Again though, some believe this is a strike effect but no one who has said this has seen...
Compare this one to another '96-D. You'll see the tops of the letters are thinner and further from the rim on this one. It's a pretty dramatic...
Tough call. If that's not a bad rim ding on the obverse I'd say it's a nice MS-64 and a very gemmy coin. There's a little marking but it's...
I believe that's one with a scarcer reverse that accounts for less than 3% of mintage. Most of these scarcer versions are PL especially on the...
It is primarily demand but there are lots of base metal world coins that are distressingly common and no amount of demand will cause them to...
There was a big to-do about these with the 1989 date but it fizzled out. Philadelphia had trouble striking the coins up well enough to see the...
I've always found this just incredible! More than 10% of 1970-S cents in mint sets are small dates so these coins are super common. Most...
A great deal depends on how you define grade as to which is scarcer, the '82-P or '83-P. I put a great deal of weight into die condition and...
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