[MEDIA] Graders work on 800 coins a day. Not accounting for break times, that's 100 per hour or 1 minute, 40 seconds each. I doubt anyone can...
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One of the selling points for Carr's offerings is that they are over-stamped on original type coins. Why is this a plus? What difference would...
This may have been discussed before but I couldn't find it in Search. Why are the 2009S Bronze Cent Proof sets so unloved? They must be since...
...are a myth. I challenge anybody to actually make a coin with evenly deformed edges by placing it in a drier and letting it run through a...
I just want to see who's the first to get this: Name a United States silver coin of the 19th century that was minted with a plain edge - no...
My favorite series. Here are a few from my type set - a Half Dime, a Dime, a Twenty Cent Piece, a Quarter, a Half Dollar and a One Dollar. [ATTACH]
Double ears, double window panes, double eyelids, extra leaves, extra trees.... Is there no end to this madness? Get out your 50x loupes, you...
With the purchase of an 1831 Large Cent, I am now almost done with my 19th and 20th century type set. The 20th century is done and the only thing...
There used to be a company that would pick out certain serial numbers for bills. I suppose they would get a request and then get bundles of new...
Being interested in coins only, I know little to nothing about paper so this may be a dumb question. I do understand that condition is everything...
I was going through my junk foreign coins and checking for any value when I think I may have struck gold. I have no idea where most of these came...
OK, Experts, explain this. It's not my coin so I can't give any details other than the pictures.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm considering buying this Dollar. It looks too good to pass up, but that has me wondering - is it really too good? The kicker is that it's...
I got tired of juggling a 2x2, a loupe, a light and my glasses to get a good closeup look at coins at a show. I found something that, for me...
Consider this blog by a blind coin collector. http://blindcoincollector.com
And being at the right place at the right time. Two factors dominate collecting - One – collectors are largely motivated by a profit incentive....
Pareidolia Pareidolia is seeing what appears to the individual to be a figure, or form in any non-homogeneous area. Apophenia Apophenia is the...
This has been somewhat discussed before but I'd like to go into a bit more depth. In my estimation any change made in a coin that is a design...
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