I'd guess it's probably 1930's and was handed out by salemen to prospective clients. If true the attrition would be pretty high and account for...
Don't forget the '68-S to '70-S uncs as well. You mighht want to try to collect both these and the memorials from mint sets. Most of the...
I'd guess you have half of a 1989 mint set. It's not too unusual for these to be very proof like. The so called penny is actually just a...
There's really only a single reason; demand. Most collectors simply have no use for the junk made after 1964 so even though most of the later...
He also had a rather spectacular view. His summer palace is in the center of this photo;...
What is that 2006? I've been cleaning up some 1964 mint sets. The packaging wasn't stable.
Cool. A lot of varieties found are very high grade. There are many reasons this might be true. I suspect that in many cases the coin was...
The early states coins are pretty tough in high grade. I agree except I might be the only one who doesn't know what the subject is.
You might need to be more specific. "Moderns" has become an extremely large category of coins and there are numerous types of moderns. What...
Boo Hoo. They've saddled the country with a worthless coin for decades now and they want to moan and wail about it like I'll feel sorry for...
You usually don't need any magnification to grade. There are many exceptions like looking for hairlines or grading MS-70's. Sometinmes it's...
All value is belief and nothing else. Even the value of the money in which we measure things is based on nothing but belief. If we come to...
Silver did play a huge part in hoarding the early Kennedys. You're probably right that many of the people putting these away would have done so...
Check the "LIBERTY" on the Denvers for a doubled die and then spend the rest.
Wow! The last I heard there were only less than a dozen of these known. They weren't reported until the '90's so maybe they're starting to...
My understanding is that ALL of the Sacs in the Cheerios packaging is of the pattern type. The value is independent of the packaging. I...
Believe it or not the coins in these sets are not only unc but they are very very choice compared to the bottom half of coins made for...
Congratulation. I know how tough it's getting to crack the top twenty in any of the major sets.
That's cool. Things like this were often used as tags and might have been tied to the shoe or the box.
To me a junk box is what numismatists keep their oddball coins, tkens, and medals in. This is junk that they can't even identify to put it in its...
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