i hold the contrarian view that these coins are actually "rare." there may be 500,000,000+ of these cents minted, but they are not easy to...
i ordered 5 sets during the first hour they were available at the mint, and e-mailed a few friends to do the same. i was going to order another 5...
i just started roll searching yesterday. i got 20 rolls of halves and waited for my son to get home to start searching with him. i couldn't wait...
600 million cents may sound like a lot, but the way i see it, cents don't cost very much to accumulate so if people hoard $100 worth of lincolns...
here's another mint link with info on the 2009 lincoln cents. in the 3rd paragraph from the bottom it states that "These numismatic versions will...
The four 2009 Lincoln Cent varieties (four Lincoln cents with an alloy consisting of 95% copper, 3% zinc and 2% tin that matches the alloy used in...
i want to start a fractional set for my son, but i still haven't decided which coin to get. it sounds like the 1/4 oz. will be very popular. for...
So, there will be 3 different 1 oz. 2008 Gold Buffalos? 2008 Proof w/ "W" mint mark 2008 Unc. w/ "W" mint mark 2008 Bullion w/ no mint mark...
I came across an ad for the Westminster Mint a few months ago when gold was about $1000/oz. They had a 1/10 oz Gold Eagle for $90 with free...
I recall reading that Modern Coin Mart or Gainesville Coins had the ASE 08/07 variety for $69 or $99 initially. The price had gone up to $150 by...
Ebay was founded in 95. How many people even had access to the internet for several years after that? How could anyone find out the mintage figure...
From what I've read in the other coin forums, nobody has been getting any of the reverse variety from the Mint for orders shipped after May 7th....
Laura, Thanks for your kind thoughts! I read about the ASE 08/07 variety on "that other coin forum" :secret: where the variety was discovered....
.....until someone reports that they've found the variety in the regular bullion or proof ASE. ;) I was planning on ordering 100 from the Mint a...
I've been subscribing to receive 10 of the Unc. ASE from the US Mint each year since they started the Unc. series in 2006. I give them to my son...
imho, you should split your order into multiple orders (e.g. 10, 10, 5, 15) to increase your chances that some of the reverse variety will get...
Thanks Laura. I guess that means that it was not an easy task for the distribution center to identify and separate the 2007 reverses from the 2008s.
Well, I just had to try my luck and I ordered 2 more on 4/25. I got them today and........:hail: :whistle: both are the 2007 reverse! As soon...
I'm kidding about getting 20 lumps of coal! The ASE are beautiful coins. I subscribe to get 10/yr just to collect with my son. I bought another 10...
I got 20 lumps of coal! :headbang: I had to pay big bucks to get mine from the secondary market.
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