'65 halfs are kindda complicated. I'll talk only about the SMS. These were made by several different processes as the mint sought a replacement...
The rims have been filed or ground off. Sometimes people do this to hasten wear for pocket pieces.
When I started collecting coins with fewer than ten million examples were considered rare. Everyone wanted one or a few rolls of them. Everything...
Nice attractive VF and better early issues are quite likely to develop a premium if a market ever emerges for clads. Nice VF '69, '71. and '73-D...
I think a lot of collectors will be surprised how few of some of the later coins were saved as the interest in the states coins decreased. There...
Very impressive. I've collected these for years.
The Shell tokens and other gas tokens are a lot of fun. The Mr President tokens have three varieties and they can be tough to find in pristine...
Most of the silver coins came pretty nice usually. A few like the '54-S will often be weakly struck by worn dies but it's the exception. This is...
There is such a thing as VEDS or very early die state. These coins can be stunningly attractive as the die isn't even smoothed yet from repeated...
The '71-D is a good choice. You might consider a '76-P type I if you can find the right one. Usually I suggest peoiple buy good strikes from...
People are really missing a bet. Many highly desirable moderns can be picked up for a song because nobody cares. It won't always be this way and...
That's very interesting. There was a huge change in the design between 1972 and '73. An obverse picture might help. It seems unlikely that...
Oh! That is a very pretty '67 in the OP. I agree that the reverse will keep it out of a CAM holder probably but it's definitely a pretty coin...
I believe about 60% of the 1967 half dollars were struck in Denver but it's unlikely any SMS were. It's more likely Denver struck some...
With doubling on both sides it's probably just mechanical cdoubling which normally has ne added value. There is a Denver DDR for the date that is...
High grade cents are fairly common in the mint sets of the '90's but I'd still suggest saving aside Gems.
The FED is charged with ordering and distributing coinage. They also store almost all of it since the mint usually only has new production not...
It's been 45 years since the Ike was proposed. It seems exceedingly late to be premature.
I couldn't stay away if I tried. ;) I think many of the moderns will be sought after in the future. Some will be very low mintage coins like...
Under specific conditions it's probably possible to smear the metal for the cladding layer over the copper core but This metal would be extremely...
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