Have you told him that? Shop keepers appreciate knowing what their customers want.
The reasons people damage coins are as varied as the people that handle them. As was said before. The reasoning is long lost.
I believe the discoloring is simply explained by extended exposure to the elements. Resident expert @paddyman98 may be able to shed some light.
I swear by this stuff. Every slab I own is rehabbed with this stuff and it has not failed a challenge yet. [ATTACH]
I thought it was just me.
This thread got me to studying modern commemoratives this morning. Does anyone have the 1996 National Community Service dollar? That one has quite...
Awweee what the heck. We like him down here in South Carolina too. I can tell you that Stonewalls portrait adorns our statehouse walls. However...
I am fortunate to have one of these. Came across it here on CT. I have to agree. This truly is a bold and striking design in hand. I love mine....
Yeah..... Littleton is a dinosaur in an digital age. They are incredibly overpriced. However they my be single handedly responsible for bringing...
I love your story.
Another vote for the Apollo commems.
Man, you said a mouthful. I been an Indian aficionado for years and have myself a tribe of raw examples. That whole “inside out” thing is a...
I am a coin junkie and have been for almost fifty years. I’ll tell you that I often struggle to see the difference between an MS63 and an MS65 coin.
He wasn’t president. Not according to the South Carolina Capitol building presidential portrait room anyway!
I too have a friendship like that with my local dealer. He has two businesses in his place. One caters to the average coin junkie like me. And...
My perfect shop would be the shop I frequented as a youngster. A business like that would never fly in today’s fast paced high tech world. That...
Hi Toot. Welcome to CT...... The Redbook is a wonderful and very useful tool. Not so much as a price guide though. I would use the Redbook value...
If I remember correctly, Mike Meezak, the famous TV hawker of overpriced coins made himself a tidy fortune back in the height of the state quarter...
I love touching the history...... And besides, what on earth can be wrong with collecting money??
Last year I had to have the 2016 gold Standing Liberty quarter that was part of that same release. A member here turned me on to Great Collections...
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