Also have a maple guitar I played in smoke filled nightclubs through the 70’s and 80’s that is now permanently yellow from nicotine.
I have a batch of old Merc's like that. They are almost sticky from the nicotine residue.
Being in a tobacco smoke filled room as most coins from early last century were for most of their existence. The yellow is nicotine residue.
I generally spend $16.00 when I buy slick cull dollars and yours is not a cull dollar. I believe you did extremely well.
I love it when that happens. I get just as excited as I do when I receive an expensive coin that I purchased.
Being that we are all coin junkies here. Whatever you have to share.
1) Yes 2) Yes 3) Heritage would be my first choice. There are several premier auction houses and I am sure you will hear other replies. Can you...
Sure is comforting to know that criminals are not very smart. A raw 1795 half eagle would be suspicious. But to sell the thing in the same slab it...
Thing is. Storefront shopkeepers have to adapt. I market commercial construction materials. Things easily sourced on the web. But I offer...
That’s what makes coin collecting so great. There is something for everyone.
It is very uncommon to find these worn. Most of them were kept in a vault for years.
Hi Howard. Welcome to the forum. There are a few dates that do carry some valuable premiums. And frankly, there are some folks here that would...
Oh man!!! I almost hit the "like" button.... But that just seemed... So wrong!
I did one almost as bad. Every handful of dirt I picked up and stuck my pin pointer in would set the pin pointer crazy. Once I decided my pin...
Oh jeez..... That hurts my brain...
Bingo
I'll just put this out there for your consumption. This was the first part of November. A buddy of mine from across the state was at an estate...
This was a big promotion from the folks that have the Hallmark gift card stores. They packaged up state quarters in every manner of doo-dad and...
Me!! I absolutely go completely crazy over holes in coin books.
Some famous dude with a birthday coming up said something like, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"..... I thought your thread where...
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