Thanks for the information. Three minutes over an electric burner worked perfectly for clad quarters. I will show these quarters to a few people,...
It sounds like leaving a cleaned copper outside might restore the natural color?
Tried cents for the first time with a modest $10. 5 wheat, 3 Canadian, 12 '09, 171 copper and the remaining 809 zinc. Because one goal was to...
You mentioned you found the assorted coins at work. Do you look through the change you get from the bank or the coins the customers bring you?
A 100 year old coin in circulation. And you didn't even have to search rolls.
I was recently given a large lot of old magazines and found this ad of interest to coin collectors. The caption is "Director of the First US Mint...
To bring the topic back to US coins, here's another similarity: LIBERTY on American and LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE on French.
That is a good point. Farm workers were a common subject in French and French-influenced art of the 19th century as the idealized subjects of the...
Many collectors have noticed that some US coins have French models. The most notable is the Walking Liberty, which was clearly modeled on the...
Finding silver is a thrill.
I keep a few low-value coins in my desk at work to show people and to look at when I am bored. About two weeks ago, I was sitting at my desk...
I heard that roll-searching works better in the smaller cities than it does in larger cities like Los Angeles where I live. When visiting my...
Maybe the Post Office needs the Anthonies. They were the reason for the 1999 issue. Also, if the small dollars ever become common in circulation,...
If everyone says silver, maybe clad will be the rarity.
Unlike most, the 2004 clad proof set sold out before the end of the year. It became known as a rarity and prices were high for several years. My...
I have a Civil War token with the USS Monitor on the obverse and "Our Navy" on the reverse. Many US coins have 13 stars, but this one has 12...
The Lincoln cent is an easy series to start but a hard one to finish, so it is easy no understand the appeal of a damaged key date at a very low...
Could the 2010 and 2011 clad proof sets also be key?
Coin Show Radio called half dollar roll searching "a sure-fire way to make money in coins," so Saturday morning I visited three Bank of America...
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