That seems about in line with what I saw on eBay, but it's been a while since I've looked.
Most, but not all. Like I said, premium dates still command a small premium even if they're restored. And while I don't like the look of date-only...
There are two 1883 varieties, one with CENTS, one without. The without-CENTS variety is much easier to find, especially in high grades, because so...
I was gonna suggest "1882", just to make trouble...
Okay, there was at least one gold commem that held a premium for at least a couple of years. More than one, actually, but they're a very small...
More than that -- 10 days to wait for the package that was clearly never going to arrive, 3-4 days to wait for a response from the seller, then up...
When I was biking to work a couple of years ago, I noticed that cents on the road were actually outnumbered by nickels and dimes, with more than a...
Sort of. Same metal, same principle, but the shape of the date area is different, and I wouldn't be surprised if the effect is less... well,...
It was above that price for two months in November and December 2006. We can quibble about the meaning or duration of "stays", but IMO the...
Oh, don't ever EVER put vinegar on a non-problem coin, because it quickly turns it into a problem coin. It's just that some of us think "nicely...
Follow-up: yes, the listings were bogus; yes, I won the disputes. But no, I actually haven't gotten my money back yet -- follow the link to see a...
Here's something that I hope most of you won't have to care about. :) I "won" a couple of sketchy eBay auctions last month, and to nobody's great...
Standing liberty will be a quarter ounce. Walking liberty, later in the year, will be the half-ounce.
Cider vinegar (the brown kind) has more different stuff in it, some of which might adversely affect your coin -- for example, staining it --...
Did you follow the links I posted? Zinc has been higher in the past, high enough for cents to be "worth" more than face value, including as far...
My take: Don't apply an agent just to the date area. Coins with the date in a big, glowing blotch are just unnecessarily ugly. Don't use...
The Stone Mountain looks like "terminal" toning to me. I'd worry that it might progress further, which could make the coin ineligible for even its...
No. Energy costs money, collecting and delivering the cents costs money, separating the zinc from the copper costs money. And that's not even...
And because eBay no longer lets sellers leave non-positive feedback for buyers, you'll never find out if someone is a difficult customer until you...
Copper-coated zinc cents are the worst idea ever to hit US coinage. They're scientifically designed not to last; with the more reactive metal on...
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