With all the fuss about "racketeer nickels", or perhaps just because it was a new design, lots and lots of these got set aside when they first...
That's what I was thinking. There are probably lots of ways to fight wrongdoing in the world if you're willing and able to donate several thousand...
Now, I thought you were one of the people teaching us that I-N-V-E-S-T-O-R is not the correct spelling of "speculator"... :rolleyes:
Not that I can put my hands on at the moment. eBay was swimming with classic commemorative halves displaying this issue a year or two ago, but a...
I know that details spreading toward the rim like that can be a sign of die wear, but I also see them disproportionately often on fakes, so they...
I'm willing to believe that the data points are valid. The decorations are decorations.
I can believe that, but I thought one of the most robust steps in any coin counter was a big honking magnet to weed out washers and slugs. I'd...
<reads over the posts so far> Dang, maybe I am starting to get the hang of this. I was thinking "at least AU with that much luster, no higher...
I guess that could be trailing from a worn die. It's enough of a danger sign to me, though, that I would've passed, at least if I didn't have the...
How in the world did steel cents make it through an automated coin counter?
I'm nervous about that reverse rim. I'm extremely nervous about the E in E PLURIBUS. That said, I'm not a Lincoln guy, and about the only thing...
It's a beautiful coin for sure, but I question that toning, especially on the reverse...?
Oh, you.
It doesn't directly answer your question, but Wikipedia's article on the Coinage Act of 1965 is definitely worth reading if you're curious about this.
There was a giant bubble in the coin market around 1990 (I think) because a bunch of people had the bright idea to put rare coins into retirement...
It's really, really counterfeit. Mushy, wrong design, you name it.
Sorry, I thought I'd be able to get some more photos today, but it didn't happen. (I spent the time in a misguided effort to photograph the...
I know all the words to that song. :rolleyes:
The education will pay a lot more dividends than the coins ever could. Good choice.
I don't see anything in those neutral or negative feedbacks to make me nervous about the seller. Even a perfect seller is going to run up against...
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