As far as the proofs go the question isn't accurate. Yes, there are millions of proofs in circulation but most of these aren't "extras"...
There's more demand for business strikes than Proofs. It's true the demand for PL's isn't very strong but the demand for attractive business...
It's a proof. For most dates FS aren't very tough on proofs.
I've got a bicentennial "In God We Rust" quarter from circulation. It wasone of the first 1976 quarters I found back in the summer of 1975 when...
"Collectable" is in the eye of the beholder and "valuable" is a function of supply and demand but there's no doubt that some of these modern coins...
Some coins of the last 50 years had as few as about 3% of an issue come off the dies in MS-65 and most of these were then marked up at the mint...
Even if the dies were basined they are too eroded to really call the coin PL. But, I believe, that under the haze there may be very "flat" die...
It's a pretty nice coin really. MS-64 easy. It needs an alcohol soak. It's a little PL so I'd put it at about the 94th %ile. It might look...
Finding good mint sets to check is not easy. The trick is to get as close to the point of purchase as possible which means looking through dealer...
Relatively few dies were used for mint set coins. For halfs they'd get about 25,000/ 30,000 strikes so there were maybe 60 dies used. EDS lasts...
I'm a big fan of Sego. You can check mint sets and dealer stock but this will require a lot of leg work. About 1.5% of mint set halfs are Gem...
Cut them all out and spend any unattractive and valueless coins. Stabilize the others by soaking in a mixture of acetone and 91% isopropyl...
People just didn't collect moderns in 1983. It's a wonder the mint could sell so many mint sets but lots of collectors had found they could buy...
Oh! And I'm at 5.3% ;)
There are a lot of factors that go into these things. It's much deeper than just popularity and politics. Let me tell you a couple stories to...
I'm a little concerned they are all late die state but then I'd be much more concerned if the were all early die state. Otherwise I see no...
I'm playing devil's advocate and gave it only MS-66 despite the fact it could go as high as 67 FS. It's a very nice coin but isn't early die...
AVA members are very helpful to new members. You may get a few free tokens but you'll get numerous offers to sell inexpensive tokens and to...
I have a large collection of these. I am told that they were used on clothing in the 1930's but I have some doubts about this because there...
You'll want to join the AVA. You can put together an extensive collection for almost nothing. There are thousands of issues you can acquire for...
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