"First Strike" is pretty much a meaningless marketing term invented by the TPG's to extract more money from collectors and speculators, and has...
I would first decide if you want to sell them or keep them. If you want to keep them, I wouldn't bother getting them graded as it really wouldn't...
Part of the problem is that who wants to be the person to suggest that we remove George Washington, Abraham Lincoln or John F. Kennedy from our...
The pure copper cent coins are going to be struck for collectors. The business strikes will surely remain as zinc coated with copper.
Wow, you really did well there. The 1948 is one of the key dates in the series.
As key dates go, the 1909S-VBD is a pretty common coin. Actually, some of the proof bullion issues are somewhat scarce in comparison.
Sometimes you can find some better coins in the bulk bags. A dealer might be able to sell a fairly common date coin (say a 1/2 dollar) for $4-$5...
That might have been me. I've been known to pick up "road pennies" and spend them, so long as they aren't too badly mangled.
That's might be ok if everyone priced everything in tenths of a cent, and everyone went along with the idea that two quarters is a half dollar and...
I really doubt that they will pull the quarter as it's a popular demonination, and the quarter really is the workhorse of the 6 coins that are...
I would save them myself simply because I've been putting all pre-1982 cents into a jar being that they are worth more than twice face value in...
One of the things my Grandfather did is he would usually only open up one of the items he bought, and look at that. I have 5 each of 1961, 1962,...
Anyone have any idea that if you purchase multiple proof sets from the mint at the same time, that you will end up with a run of coins that were...
Thanks GDJMSP, that trick seems to work pretty well. I just tried your trick on a slabbed proof coin, using $2 worth of Ike dollars to prop it up...
The San Francisco mint struck cents for circulation back in 1972. It looks like that is what you have got.
Something people miss about eliminating the nickel is that we cannot eliminate the nickel without eliminating the dime too. The reason being that...
My scanner doesn't does an OK job, even on slabs. For example, here is a scan of a nickel in a NGC slab. However, forget about proof coins, or...
The 1947 Maple Leaf is similar, but the story is a bit different. The following is my understanding of it. In 1947, India became independent,...
A bit more trivia: In 1956, one of the dies used to strike the ten cent coins was damaged, and this resulted in a dot appearing below the 9 and 5...
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