Come to think of it, almost any US coin with a president on it is inferior to earlier issues.
This is the correct motorcycle.
So true! Merc dimes (a misnomer, I know) are my favorite US issue, and perhaps the single most beautiful US coin design of all. To have them...
I've come to the opposite conclusion about Ikes. I search them whenever I can, and I've only ever found a silver Ike once (The first time I ever...
GDJMSP wrote a great post and made a lot of great points, but this question went through my mind too. What exactly is the difference between...
Exactly. Heck, this is what ancient collectors already say. If you have an aversion to cleaned ancients, your collection is only going to...
Good advice. I found a war nick yesterday that was about as disgusting and corroded as your roosie. But hey, silver is silver.
Nice score. Love it when that happens!
I am with you on a lot of points, and I think the bias against cleaning is somewhat arbitrary. But then again, I can't understand why the market...
I don't know about the top one, other than that it looks medieval. The bottom coin looks to me like a Ptolemaic Egyptian tetradrachm. As to...
I don't get it, is the round going to be truly collectible so as to justify any sort of markup at all? I agree with the poster above me, though,...
That's amazing. Where did you learn that story?
This question has puzzled me too. I love rooting around in bargain boxes and picking up a Victorian farthing for a quarter. That just seems like...
Awesome coin, thanks for sharing!
If it's already been plated, polishing it shouldn't have any impact on its value.
You can take the coins you don't want back to bank and either "deposit" them into you account or "cash them in" for bills, i.e. exchange the coins...
The Euro wasn't introduced until 1999.
You'll be guaranteed to successfully score as many boxes as you need if you call ahead and place a change order. Just call up the bank a couple...
I see! That makes sense.
I had a really interesting find yesterday. I got four dateless buffalo nickels in the same $100 box. I am lucky to find one buffalo every five...
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