The difference in color is a good observation but not the "smoking gun" that to me would require a very close and skeptical examination of the...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI calculator puts the value of $1 in January 1925 as $15.70 today. But if I remember right, the coin boards and...
An altered or added mint mark is a good guess. However, it is not the key to this puzzle. @expat was on the right track. It could be an added or...
What about it wouldn't straight grade? I guess this is tougher than I thought. For a professional grader to authenticate the key date in Barber...
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1026750/1938-D-Buffalo-Nickel-NGC-MS-65-CAC-Gold-Label-OH There's something weird going on above PLURIBUS...
Very knowledgeable response! Yes, there are two known die pairs. However, there were 5 die pairs shipped to SF on 01/10/1901, so the possibility...
A previous auction described it as "An obverse toning spot is noted at the rim at GOD WE, otherwise the in-hand appearance is devoid of unsightly...
This valuable key date is graded VG08 by PCGS. Let's see if anyone can spot something about this coin that would cause you to dig deeper. I'm...
I'm wondering the same. Disposing of the barrel separate from the rest might have been a clever way to avoid matching ballistics to a serial...
The portrait is not vertical in the holder so I don't think there's any rotation at all.
What you want to collect is up to you. I find so many 1965+ era quarters in my change it's crazy, but I just toss them all back into circulation....
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Not US but I picked this up years ago to check old prices from the era I inherited some Canadian coins. The "king" of Canadian dollars was still...
I'm confused. CLCT was sold months ago and is no longer publicly traded....
Yes, the date is pathetic. Tip - don't hold your coins like that. Fingerprints never come off.
"Several hundred" doesn't sound like that big of a project so I would at least carefully sort them out by denomination, date and mint and see what...
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I appreciate the advice but it's overrated. They've been in the album undamaged for 50 years. Might as well post another... [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] And those are the prices I paid. :)
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