I am a US collector that happened upon a beautiful Byzantine Follis at a coin show early this year. I posted it here and was offered so much...
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Ok, yeah.... I did dig some other recent cents out to gander at. You are right. The rims are much less pronounced these days.
Yeah... feels pretty old what with more steel joints than God given joints! LOL.
Photos.... Nothing really to look at. Absolutely no obverse rim from about four o’clock to about nine o’clock. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Took the kids for a day at the amusement park. I’m sunburnt and exhausted. I’ll do photos. Just once I get settled....... I am an old coin guy but...
Dang. Off one again....
You can usually get a year old copy of the Redbook for pennies on the dollar at overstock outlet type stores. The price guides aren't very useful...
Sadly, no. Those are usually made of some ferrous metal with a very thin silver layer. May be something fun to hand off to a youngster... But no...
Thanks for squaring me away on that. And I will say I am quite relieved.
Well.... When you consider we have nails with a dime struck on them, I would say yes perhaps there may be some Tomfoolery that goes on at the US...
There was one shown here not long ago like this. It appeared the quarter was encased in a lacquer or acrylic coating that had this golf ball...
Same here. I would have been all over coin trading cards when I was a lad..... I am afraid if the mint wants to get youngsters attention these...
Do youngsters still have any interest in trading cards these days?
I’ll tell you, Physics.... I own a construction supply house. My customers bring me their cut-offs and burn pile wood that I turn around and use...
LA.... I took mine out of the Whitman book a few years back for the very same reason. I put them in a Dansco book and that actually made for a...
I bet a Masonic coin collector would be All over this one.
That is hard to look at as a smashed fender on a new car...... I cannot make out the reverse photo very well. There is certainly a mintmark there....
Welcome! Since you already know how addictive coin collecting is, I won’t belabor that point! Tuffcoins said it best. The high grade and rarer...
Yes, a 1916-D dime is a sought after piece. I am sure there are some that may overlook the counter stamp to be able to add that to their...
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